Ohio College Student Detained For “Hostile Act” in North Korea

What is with this idiots traveling to North Korea?  I feel bad for the family that has to deal with their loved one being detained by the North Koreans, but I do not believe the US government has any obligation to try and get someone released that voluntarily went some where that is notorious for detaining Americans:

Image of Frederick from WCPO News 9.

North Korea announced Friday the arrest of a U.S. university student for what it called a “hostile act” orchestrated by the American government to undermine the authoritarian nation.

In language that mirrors past North Korean claims of outside conspiracies, Pyongyang’s state media said the University of Virginia student entered the country under the guise of a tourist and plotted to destroy North Korean unity with “the tacit connivance of the U.S. government and under its manipulation.”

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said in a short report that the student, whom it identified as Warmbier Otto Frederick, was “arrested while perpetrating a hostile act,” but didn’t say when he was detained or explain the nature of the act. North Korea has sometimes listed English-language surnames first, in the Korean style. The University of Virginia’s online student directory lists someone named Otto Frederick Warmbier as an undergraduate commerce student.

A China-based tour company specializing in travel to North Korea, Young Pioneer Tours, confirmed that one of its customers, identified only as “Otto,” had been detained in Pyongyang, the North’s capital, but provided no other details. Social media accounts for Warmbier show interests in finance, travel and rap music; he was on the University of Virginia’s dean’s list and attended high school in Wyoming City, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio.  [Associated Press]

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flyingsword
8 years ago

nK heard Barry pays ransom so they are just trying to get some cash….

Andy
Andy
8 years ago

From https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/north-korea-travel-warning.html

Last Updated: November 20, 2015

The Department of State strongly recommends against all travel by U.S. citizens to North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK). This replaces the Travel Warning for North Korea of April 15, 2015, to reiterate and highlight the risk of arrest and long-term detention due to the DPRK’s inconsistent application of its criminal laws.
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How come the US doesn’t make it illegal, or at least ban American tourists from traveling to NK???

Jinro Dukkohbi
Jinro Dukkohbi
8 years ago

Well – you can make it ‘illegal’ to travel there, but that won’t stop these idiots who think it might be some kind-of cool thing to blog about later, going into China to take a trip there. To me a better strategy is to say: you wanna go over there, knock yourself out but you will get NO assistance from Uncle Sam – you get captured/imprisoned – have a nice life!

Maybe this time they will demand that Obama himself fly over to get this guy out, since everyone knows we pay or trade like 5 for 1 these days…

setnaffa
setnaffa
8 years ago

Or maybe, while drunk, made a non-revolutionary remark about one of the staff?

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