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US student Otto Warmbier given hard labour in North Korea. Read more about sharing. US student Otto Warmbier has been given 15 years hard labour in North Korea for crimes against the state. Warmbier, 21, was arrested for trying to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel while visiting North Korea in January.
A US student who was arrested in North Korea has appeared on state media admitting to trying to steal a piece of propaganda from a hotel. In his first appearance since his arrest last month, an emotional Otto Warmbier said he was asked by a US church to bring back the trophy. Mr Warmbier, a 21-year-old University of Virginia student, had been on a tourist trip to North Korea in January. He was arrested on 2 January as he was about to leave. At the time, North Korea said the US government had tolerated and manipulated him. He was charged with committing a hostile act.