University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier has been medically evacuated from North Korea in a coma after being detained for 17 months, his parents told The Washington Post on Tuesday. 1 of 15 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad × U-Va. student Otto Warmbier released from North Korea View Photos The University of Virginia student had been held in North Korea for 17 months for trying to steal a propaganda poster while on a trip to the country. Feb. 29, 2016 University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier speaks as he is presented to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 29, 2016. “Our son is coming home,” Fred Warmbier told The Post on Tuesday morning after Otto Warmbier was evacuated. But efforts to persuade North Korea to release the men currently held had not been successful until Warmbier’s release Tuesday.

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2017 13:46 UTC