In December 2015, 21-year-old Otto Warmbier stepped off a plane in Pyongyang, North Korea, intending to stay for five days. It would be over a year before he’d return home, and what happened to him there remains a heartbreaking mystery.

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Sources:  

https://www.gq.com/story/otto-warmbier-north-korea-american-hostage-true-story

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Warmbier

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1C22XL/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/world/asia/north-korea-otto-warmbier-.html

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/timeline-otto-warmbiers-saga-north-korea-released/story?id=48015088

https://www.ajc.com/news/world/who-was-otto-warmbier-things-know-about-student-formerly-imprisoned-north-korea/T0gv1T04SrVrcpp1PBwXfJ/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/otto-warmbier

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40308028

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/north-korea-travel-advisory.html#:~:text=Exercise%20increased%20caution%20to%20North,of%20the%20Secretary%20of%20State

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