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John Bolton Sheds Light Into Alleged $2 Million Payment To North Korea For Otto Warmbier

John Bolton Sheds Light Into Alleged $2 Million Payment To North Korea For Otto Warmbier

During an interview on this week’s Fox News Sunday, National Security Adviser John Bolton clarified some of the circumstances around recent reporting that the U.S. had effectively paid a $2 million ransom to North Korea in exchange for American student Otto Warmbier, HuffPost reports. Bolton confirmed that the U.S. had indeed signed an agreement in […]

5y ago

Trump Denies Paying North Korea For Otto Warmbier

Trump Denies Paying North Korea For Otto Warmbier

President Donald Trump on Friday denied making any payments to North Korea for Otto Warmbier after reports surfaced that the president agreed to pay $2 million to cover the medical care for the late American prisoner. Citing two unnamed sources, The Washington Post reported that North Korean authorities demanded that representatives sent to bring Warmbier […]

5y ago

Donald Trump Reportedly OK’ed $2 Million ‘Ransom’ For North Korea Hostage Otto Warmbier Via Medical Bill

Donald Trump Reportedly OK’ed $2 Million ‘Ransom’ For North Korea Hostage Otto Warmbier Via Medical Bill

Donald Trump has touted, on Twitter and elsewhere, the 2017 release of American Otto Warmbier, who was held as a prisoner and reportedly tortured by the North Korean government for 17 months, as one of his greatest accomplishments. But a stunning new report reveals that the Trump administration may have secured Warmbier’s release not through […]

5y ago

Trump Backtracks On His Remarks On Warmbier, Says He Was ‘Misinterpreted’

Trump Backtracks On His Remarks On Warmbier, Says He Was ‘Misinterpreted’

President Donald Trump is attempting to walk back his comments defending North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the death of imprisoned American student Otto Warmbier, according to The Hill. The president had previously said he believed the North Korean dictator when he claimed he had no knowledge of Warmbier’s condition. “He tells me he […]

5y ago

Otto Warmbier’s Family Suing North Korea For Violation Of International Law

Otto Warmbier’s Family Suing North Korea For Violation Of International Law

Cindy and Fred Warmbier, the parents of University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, are suing North Korea, charging that they “brutally tortured and murdered” him. The 22-page complaint was filed in federal court. Their son died on June 19, 2017, a week after being released from North Korea and returning home where he was declared […]

6y ago

Otto Warmbier Cause Of Death: Coroner Finds No Signs Of Torture, ‘Lack Of Oxygen And Blood To His Brain’

Otto Warmbier Cause Of Death: Coroner Finds No Signs Of Torture, ‘Lack Of Oxygen And Blood To His Brain’

Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old University of Virginia student who flew home to Ohio while comatose and died in June after being detained in North Korea for 17 months, was reported to have died from lack of oxygen and blood to his brain, according to NPR. The findings of the coroner conflict with the details given […]

7y ago

Parents Of Otto Warmbier Give New Insight Into Their Son’s Horrific Last Days

Parents Of Otto Warmbier Give New Insight Into Their Son’s Horrific Last Days

As new details in the death of Otto Warmbier, the American student who visited North Korea as a tourist, come to light, it exposes a culture of torture and unimaginable horrors. North Korea has spent a great deal of time in the international spotlight with its threats of nuclear war and violence to the U.S., […]

7y ago

U.S. Banning North Korea Tourism

U.S. Banning North Korea Tourism

In the wake of the death of the American student, Otto Warmbier, the U.S. will impose a ban on travel to North Korea. It is expected to become effective in about a month. Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours, the two largest travel companies that arrange trips from the U.S. to North Korea, indicated this […]

7y ago

Professor Who Wrote That Otto Warmbier ‘Got What He Deserved’ Fired Over Viral Comments

Professor Who Wrote That Otto Warmbier ‘Got What He Deserved’ Fired Over Viral Comments

University of Delaware anthropology professor, Katherine Dettwyler, has been fired over controversial social media comments she made about the death of U.S. student Otto Warmbier. Warmbier was detained in North Korea in 2015 after allegedly stealing a propaganda poster from a hotel wall. The North Korean government would go on to sentence Warmbier to hard […]

7y ago

North Korean Woman Attempting To Flee Kim Jong-un’s Dictatorship Brutally Beaten [Graphic Video]

North Korean Woman Attempting To Flee Kim Jong-un’s Dictatorship Brutally Beaten [Graphic Video]

Disturbing footage has emerged of two North Korean citizens being brutally beaten by officials from Kim Jong-un’s dictatorship. The footage allegedly shows a woman accused of having sexual relations with men from China and South Korea before fleeing North Korea to escape the dictatorship. The man seen administering the beating is allegedly a North Korean […]

7y ago

Anthropology Professor Says Otto Warmbier’s Parents To Blame For Him Feeling ‘He Could Get Away’ With Anything

Anthropology Professor Says Otto Warmbier’s Parents To Blame For Him Feeling ‘He Could Get Away’ With Anything

University of Delaware Anthropology Professor Katherine Dettwyler has not only said that Otto Warmbier got what he deserved after falling into a coma in North Korea and dying, but has also heaped most of the blame on Warmbier’s parents. In a Facebook post which has now been deleted, Dettwyler stated that Otto’s parents “ultimately, are […]

7y ago

North Korea Denies Torturing Otto Warmbier, Blames Obama’s Policy Of ‘Strategic Patience’ For Warmbier’s Death

North Korea Denies Torturing Otto Warmbier, Blames Obama’s Policy Of ‘Strategic Patience’ For Warmbier’s Death

North Korea issued its first official statement after the death of U.S. student, Otto Warmbier. He was detained for 17 months after being arrested in January 2016 on charges of stealing a propaganda poster from a hotel. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. In a statement issued on Friday, North Korea claimed […]

7y ago

North Korea Calls Trump A ‘Psychopath,’ Warns S. Korea That Following His Lead Would Cause Disaster

North Korea Calls Trump A ‘Psychopath,’ Warns S. Korea That Following His Lead Would Cause Disaster

A state-controlled newspaper in North Korea lashed out at President Donald Trump in an editorial published on Thursday, calling him a “psychopath,” according to the Washington Post. The editorial alleged Trump is considering launching a preemptive strike against North Korea to divert attention from domestic political problems. Pyongyang’s state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun, the official mouthpiece […]

7y ago

Funeral Held For Otto Warmbier — More Than 2,000 Mourners Attend

Funeral Held For Otto Warmbier — More Than 2,000 Mourners Attend

A public funeral was held on Thursday for Otto Warmbier, an American student who died shortly after being released from North Korea. According to Fox News, the funeral service was held in the auditorium at Warmbier’s alma mater, Wyoming High School, in his home town. By the time the funeral had started, the auditorium was […]

7y ago

Public Funeral Planned For Otto Warmbier, American Student Released From North Korea After 17 Months

Public Funeral Planned For Otto Warmbier, American Student Released From North Korea After 17 Months

A public funeral has been planned for American student Otto Warmbier, who died shortly after being released from North Korea. Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia student, had been held in North Korea for 17 months after he was accused of attempting to steal a propaganda banner while he was visiting the country with a […]

7y ago

Family Of Otto Warmbier Objects To Autopsy

Family Of Otto Warmbier Objects To Autopsy

In a seemingly inexplicable decision, the family of North Korean detainee and former American college student Otto Warmbier have objected to an autopsy to determine the cause of the 22-year-old’s death. The result? That cause of death remains a mystery, at least for now. According to Ohio’s Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, the family of Otto […]

7y ago

Barack Obama Responds To Warmbier’s Death After Criticism From Trump, Parents

Barack Obama Responds To Warmbier’s Death After Criticism From Trump, Parents

Barack Obama was blamed by Donald Trump for the tragic death of 22-year-old Otto Warmbier after he spent 17 months in a North Korea prison. It wasn’t just the president who thought Obama was culpable in the death of Warmbier, but the young man’s parents. After spending more than a year in a coma, the […]

7y ago

Otto Warmbier Deserved His Fate, Claims Kim Jong Un’s British Spokesman

Otto Warmbier Deserved His Fate, Claims Kim Jong Un’s British Spokesman

The American student, Otto Warmbier, who was just released from North Korea, died on June 19. A Kim Jong Un’s spokesman in U.K. reportedly said Otto deserved the hard labor because his actions against the Korean Peninsula were like “bombing the Buckingham Palace.” The 22-year-old student was considered a spy and sentenced to 15 years […]

7y ago

South Korea President Seeks Negotiations With North Korea In Wake Of Otto Warmbier’s Death

South Korea President Seeks Negotiations With North Korea In Wake Of Otto Warmbier’s Death

It would seem that strong voices around the world are coming out in some of the most forward condemnation of North Korea following the death of detained American tourist, Otto Warmbier. Of course, Kim Jong Un’s neighbor to the south was bound to weigh in on the matter as well, but South Korea’s response may […]

7y ago

U.S. Student Otto Warmbier Has Just Died After Being Released From North Korea, Trump Condemns Brutal Regime

U.S. Student Otto Warmbier Has Just Died After Being Released From North Korea, Trump Condemns Brutal Regime

The American student Otto Warmbier, who was just released from North Korea, is reported to have died. Otto had been detained in North Korea and held in captivity for the past 17 months after being sentenced to 15 years of hard labor and was finally freed and brought back to his home in Ohio, although […]

7y ago

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