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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.
Partially-censored images purporting to show the banner have now been released by North Korea's state news agency, along with CCTV which North Korea says shows the moment Warmbier removed it from the wall. Warmbier was charged with trying to steal a banner featuring the name of Kim Jong-il, the state's former leader.