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Mon Jun 19, 2017, 05:22 PM

Jun 2017

Otto Warmbier dies nearly a week after release from North Korea

Family announces death of U.Va. student who had been imprisoned for 17 months in DPRK

by Alexis Gravely and Anna Higgins and Hailey Ross and Kate Bellows and Tim Dodson | Jun 19 2017 | 1 minute ago

Former University student Otto Warmbier, who was detained in North Korea for over a year, died Monday afternoon at 2:20 p.m. surrounded by family.

After 17 months of imprisonment in North Korea, Warmbier was released from the isolated country last Tuesday — but returned to the United States in a state of “unresponsive wakefulness.” Doctors said he had suffered a severe loss of brain tissue.

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Former North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier dies [View all] IronLionZion Jun 2017 OP

Condolences for his family luvMIdog Jun 2017 #1

Blame Obama in 3...2...1... ehrnst Jun 2017 #2

Otto's father already has. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #5

A travel company actually did that? 7962 Jun 2017 #10

Yes. ehrnst Jun 2017 #11

Unbelievable. Wow.. thanks for the link. nt 7962 Jun 2017 #13

Welcome to Young Pioneer Tours, the first company to offer budget tours to North Korea mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #14

...budget travel to destinations your mother would rather you stayed away from. 3catwoman3 Jun 2017 #17

Any mom who would implore you not to go to North Korea... Dave Starsky Jun 2017 #33

How about the special tour of the prison system? longship Jun 2017 #21

Death for pinching a poster BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #3

Another link: mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #4

How unbelievably sad. Condolences to the Family. ButSeeYa Jun 2017 #6

Dear Leader is probably too busy tweeting to care Dopers_Greed Jun 2017 #7

He just found out about the Fitzgerald. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #9

So awfully sorry. I'm "glad" he was with his family and not thousands of miles away, but this is a Leghorn21 Jun 2017 #8

What the hell did they DO to him? And he was like this for almost a YEAR?? nt 7962 Jun 2017 #12

The Cavalier Daily has the story now. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #15

This is just so sad. Poor kid. Little Star Jun 2017 #16

They knew he was dying- that's why they released him. LeftinOH Jun 2017 #18

Doctors in US did an MRI on him. He had severe loss of brain tissue. LisaL Jun 2017 #30

I feel so bad for them! lunatica Jun 2017 #19

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NK beat him to death IronLionZion Jun 2017 #23

He was in a coma with severe brain damage when he arrived in the US. tammywammy Jun 2017 #24

And I bet the poster doesn't come back to defend their ridiculousness. EllieBC Jun 2017 #28

He was perfectly healthy when he was sentenced BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #25

Fucking dumbest post of the year. Nt joeybee12 Jun 2017 #26

Stupid and opportunistic post. EllieBC Jun 2017 #27

Oh for crying out loud. LisaL Jun 2017 #29

i will bluestarone Jun 2017 #32

What the Ding Dong Fuck was he doing there?????? Cryptoad Jun 2017 #31

I WANNA HEAR MORE ABOUT the idiotic church group who put him up to it - someone offered him $$$ for Kashkakat v.2.0 Jun 2017 #34

Where did you hear this? ucrdem Jun 2017 #36

This is so heartbreaking Blue_Roses Jun 2017 #35

Sad rtracey Jun 2017 #37

Condolences to his family but avebury Jun 2017 #38

Otto was traveling in China, as many Americans have done IronLionZion Jun 2017 #39