U.S. envoy to North Korea, Joseph Yun, says his orders were 'do whatever you can to get Otto back.' Warmbier, a University of Virginia student visiting North Korea as a tourist, was imprisoned in January 2016. North Korea state media said he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for trying to steal an item bearing a propaganda slogan from his hotel. (Frank Franklin II/Associated Press)Trump has denied paying North Korea to release hostages. A U.S. court in December ordered North Korea to pay $501 million US in damages for the torture and death of Warmbier.

Source: CBC News April 25, 2019 21:45 UTC