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College Student Returns to U.S. in Coma After Detention in North Korea

HeadlineJun 14, 2017

American college student Otto Warmbier has returned to the United States in a coma, after being detained in North Korea for more than 17 months. He was initially sentenced to 15 years of labor for trying to steal a propaganda sign at a North Korean hotel. He’s been in a coma for over a year. North Korea says the student contracted botulism and slipped into the coma after taking a sleeping pill, although the family says their son was “brutalized and terrorized” and that they are sceptical of the explanation. Meanwhile, former NBA player Dennis Rodman has arrived in North Korea. U.S. officials say Rodman is not acting as a representative for the U.S. government.

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