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Jun 19

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News Wrap: Student jailed by North Korea dies after returning to U.S.

By PBS News Hour

In the our news wrap Monday, Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was imprisoned by North Korea for over a year, has died days after being returned to the U.S. in a coma. Also, the Supreme Court will hear…

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Jun 19

Trump offers condolences to family whose son died after North Korean detainment

By Joshua Barajas

President Donald Trump offered his condolences to the family of Otto Warmbier, the American college student who died after being imprisoned in North Korea for the past 17 months.

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Jun 15

WATCH: Parents of U.S. student freed from North Korea speak out

By Dake Kang, Associated Press

WYOMING, Ohio — An American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea and returned to his home state of Ohio in a coma suffered a "severe neurological injury," a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday.

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Jun 13

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U.S. college student freed from North Korea after falling into extended coma

By PBS News Hour

Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American college student, has been medically evacuated under desperate circumstances after being detained in North Korea. North Korean authorities arrested Otto, who is now comatose, almost 18 months ago during a trip to the reclusive nation…

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Jun 13

North Korea frees American student

By Matthew Pennington, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The administration credited the release of Otto Warmbier to its diplomatic intervention.

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Mar 16

North Korea sentences American student to 15 years of hard labor

By Ross Sylvestri

An American student was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea for committing crimes against the state, the country’s Supreme Court found.

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