How North Korea Deals With American Prisoners | The New York Times

[@usmc9543]

15 years for stealing a poster, and 10 years for espionage. Try to figure that one out.

[@RyfusFox]

Edward M. Easy, one was American and the other was not. The US is only villainized over there in North Korea

[@retebyeh4679]

In America someone got life sentence for breaking a car window. Let that sink in for a moment.

[@chaser29mty2009]

white = severe punishment

[@josephrandel6177]

BrysontheGhost Gaming What?

[@juliette7151]

Ryfus Fox Both were American.

[@RobTzu]

Do not goto North Korea for tourist purposes. You're welcome.

[@ballinglikechoji]

RobTzu 1 exactly.

[@MSRX92]

Excellent safety tip!

[@krudeddie]

so its ok to go then?

[@j0hnd0e16]

it's totally fine to go to NK, as nearly 1,000 *American* tourists do *every* year, JUST DON'T STEAL GOV'T PROPERTY!!

[@Jimmy-lm2eg]

RobTzu 1 k

[@applebottomjeans333]

You can tell that Otto didn’t write that speech he gave. A native English speaker wouldn’t say “the u.s. administration”

[@blitz8260]

And he didn’t mean anything he said in the speech either

[@emuzoo0913]

@Dozer Mramur and you assume that because he stole a poster?

[@fatmoose3453]

@@emuzoo0913 hes joking

[@juanf2527]

@@fatmoose3453 Doubt he is

[@kevincoombes5949]

As Americans don't speak English who can tell?

[@anasgrappler8508]

That's not a country, this is a big prison

[@brandoncho3315]

lol

[@creativestudiovvv]

The world will soon to be :(

[@shreakardmi9059]

True...

[@shreakardmi9059]

@@creativestudiovvv How????😲

[@stilpa1]

Same as US

[@joewoodchuck3824]

What I truly don't understand is why people are stupid enough to go there in the first place.

[@lechhebkhalil7713]

joe woodchuck I think it’s the opposite tbh, we barely know anything about North Korea so it’s understandable as to why people let there curiosity get the best of them and honestly if i had the chance to go there i would

[@aleksthecarguy5679]

Exactly is just stupid

[@hsavik]

It’s relatively safe for tourists as long as you stay out of trouble and don’t say anything bad about the leaders

[@alaveroA]

I was 🤔 the same, why?!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@alaveroA Ignorant and idealistic come to mind.

[@stagger9660]

spy gets 10 years. poster thief gets 15 years. wut.

[@kevingatess]

Bubbles Lmao.

[@x-fun3149]

The person I sent to activate a nuke in Pyongyang - 8 years

[@gojo76]

Bruh

[@al821]

It’s like 20 years for weed

[@possessorofgreatness7620]

And the guy who enter illegally, why someone would go in a shithole with so much efforts?

[@sahara450]

I think they have clearly shown what they do to visitors. Not a country I would EVER want to step foot in. I like my human rights, and my life!

[@kidist9764]

Honestly

[@ryanlin298]

i would go there only to nuclear bomb it

[@cccc-lb1gw]

Hey babygirl nice to see you in my swamp, what brings you to my comment section?

[@MRBOOOYA]

What rights? lol

[@animedoesslideshows7471]

yep

[@sangyostintien1543]

goes to North Korea steals 1 grams of dirt. gets caught 10 years of labor camp.

[@magnuskjesbubahr4325]

wasnt meant to be funny

[@quobalt]

LOOOOL😂😂😂😂

[@DanielPennybaker]

"1 grams of dirt"

[@benreddington3507]

#Mehow ju

[@MrBoomtx21]

:D lol

[@streetspitzley5854]

1:11 sounds like, “I don’t want beer”

[@nrgnnvn6109]

@@NayvadiusWilburn-bz6cj it's ruined now like

[@amadocarillo423]

Then 1:15 is dedede ted dedededenated its first hydrogen bomb

[@noudsu7596]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cody_janssen831]

I thought it sounded like Otto warm beer

[@LNMBEATS]

warmbier means ''warm beer'' in my language lol

[@wefwewefewefw11]

Don't let anyone tell you anything else: They murdered that boy.

[@wellofcire]

sorry, has been awhile...hehheh

[@blueicemax2268]

Who cares? He was trying to play An American Hero Drama to steal that poster and bring to America. And then go viral all media as a hero. NK rewards bigoted behaviour to make you cry like a baby infront of cameras.... love that

[@acatthatlookslikehitler1277]

@@blueicemax2268 stfu bot

[@sierrachoco5271]

"Boy"?? Don't think so. He knew how crazy it is in NK but still chose to take the poster. WTF!!!

[@cubixsgaming7230]

@@blueicemax2268 He did not steal the poster. The story that North Korea tells is very inconsistent with what US institutions are saying. North Korean Soldier Defectors have a common consensus that he was framed. Saying that someone deserves to be tortured and killed is extremely ignorant. Sure he may be a bigot, but you are ignorant and very inconsiderate.

[@SURENITY]

His "Coma" was actually him after he was in reality; TORTURED.

[@chanrithjr9892]

sad

[@auroraviziteu3694]

Its his own fault he stole a poster and in every country you will have problems if u steal and keep in mind that north korea is a strict country

[@auroraviziteu3694]

@ツ TBY_ TATLUXY and whats the prove

[@ronnyjamesdio509]

@@auroraviziteu3694 Dark and edgy

[@musicneutral233]

@Duffy63 that stuff you're smoking is really strong dude, please pass me your dealers phone number.

[@blokejr4801]

2:55 When your mom forces you to talk on the phone with your relatives…

[@antnewsreporter5752]

Yes, my mom salutes me while I talk on the phone with my grandparents

[@spedgonzales3683]

@@antnewsreporter5752 take a joke he was talkking about the look and also he was talking about when you mom tells you too so your joke doesnt even make sense

[@antnewsreporter5752]

@@spedgonzales3683 I know it was a joke. I was adding on to it. :(

[@nrgnnvn6109]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Luis_Facil]

@@antnewsreporter5752 lol

[@a.h4380]

"Experts estimate that hundreds of Americans still visit (North Korea) every year" WHYYYY?

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Can you spell s-t-u-p-i-d?

[@Wabu_227]

I mean as long as you follow the rules they set for you then you won't have any problem.

[@mikbe2579]

For business. Pecunia non olet (money doesn't stink).

[@a.h4380]

@@Wabu_227 North Korea has the most unreasonable rules though. You probably could get arrested for looking at a statue for too long

[@baseduser1655]

@@joewoodchuck3824 i love North Korea

[@julievanderleest]

I have never met Otto or knew anything about him personally, yet I could read right through his confession and knew he was coerced into the confession. For one thing, Americans would never say they were lured by the US administration. That’s totally something that an enemy country would say. The only thing that didn’t look forced would be Otto’s fear and tears. Also, the government could care less about a poster in North Korea. Otto was totally set up and framed by North Korea. He wasn’t even in the hotel when the person took it.

[@xxsipanxx]

Really though? Do you think the U.S. government doesn't contact people to go to their dirty work for them? American TV and Hollywood Movies are bad for your mental health.

[@blue7429]

@@xxsipanxx ratio

[@HannaRrose]

@@xxsipanxx 😂 AQ to 1

[@xxsipanxx]

@The Guy Who Knows Some Guys Once again, for the record, yeah. And may I ask, where are you from? and where are you getting your news? If you don't mind. And please don't tell me you're from the U.S. or else this discussion is absolutely closed as I can't stand talking to patriotic fascist Yankees or their unfortunate minority bottom b*****es.

[@TonyTana9905]

@@xxsipanxx Lay off the drugs

[@babushkablyattv2751]

Me in north korea: *takes selfie with the statue of kim jong il* North korean soldiers: so you have chosen.......death

[@roj22fetals6]

You can take a video not a picture if u wanna take a picture, picture in front of it not behind

[@babushkablyattv2751]

@@roj22fetals6 ok ok..no spam ok?

[@roj22fetals6]

@@babushkablyattv2751 slow internet that is the problem it spam another comment so I have to make sure that the comment I post don't post another the same thing, anyway I deleted it u don't have to worry

[@leopardgeckoonsteroids7012]

You immiture child! This is not funny. What's wrong with you?

@@leopardgeckoonsteroids7012 shut up boomer

[@joshandrews5134]

Espionage? 10 years hard labor! Stealing a poster? FIFTEEN! ?

[@bekeneel]

I seriously doubt if he even committed that "crime", and it wasn't even stolen either since he didn't have it with him

[@kimkim9383]

Josh Andrews I

[@thatguywhoplaysgaming5908]

Josh Andrews I

[@MIAKUMACHAN]

Turning from the battle field at war is "dead" in world war. You just want to follow ur free will but the commander want u to die to not follow the rule. Yes.. they're still at war. I believe theres a written rules there to follow, all u need is follow it like everyone does, then u'r good. Most of clueless person on earth are fooled by the goverments media, so theres no different with the rest of clueless people on earth. The different is NK don't have resources to get more gorgeous like 1st world expected to be, that make them look pathetic, but still better than most country in africa.

[@user-kg3qu2sc3i]

Racism

[@jamessmith84240]

People who go to north korea know what they are risking. It's like walking into a hungry lion's cage. You only have yourself to blame at the point of opening the door and putting yourself in that position.

[@RoboEpic]

Well North Koreans are also to blame because if someone walked into your country and did nothing wrong would you arrest then and keep them captive for years? Something needs to be done

[@rnegoro1]

Errrrr ....... They are considered a rogue nation and free hostages = more leverage.

[@seangannon6005]

VietnameseGirl98 there is such thing as common sense.

[@Jeszcze_Polska_Nie_Zginela]

Too true

[@lucabennito3651]

??? Now you support Americans being captivated by another country?

[@thomas_tk330]

It's fascinating how Kim Jong Un manages to maintain his dictatorship without igniting a revolution

[@musiclocate9357]

Every city is isolated from others, so if a revolution happens in one city the other will never know

[@nrgnnvn6109]

@@musiclocate9357 and also a lot of people in NK are brainwashed at a young age into thinking he's a great leader.

[@musiclocate9357]

@@nrgnnvn6109 most people dont believe hes so great. Like normal citizens

[@MrTony-rx7tk]

I definitely think there’s been greater talk of revolution among the citizens there in recent years

[@DraineSports]

Or maybe its not as bad as the American Press makes it out to be?

[@soph_k]

As a Korean-Canadian, I was always told as a child that North Korea isn't safe, and my parents even went as far to tell me that if I ever go to North Korea, I can't ever go out. I think this was their way of scaring me to even try to visit and it worked. Even if I had a chance to, I would absolutely not take it. Why risk it... curiosity can only get you so far. Please, don't go to North Korea.

[@hollywoodhh5646]

Exactly why take the chance....u can be taken to prison or killed at any point in time for whatever reason they wish to come up with. There are many countries in the world I'd love to visit but I'll take a hard pass on north Korea

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

For British nationals visiting the USA without a visa but with ESTA, don’t go to North Korea, but if you visit North Korea as British citizen and plan to visit the USA, you’re no longer eligible for visa free ESTA required to travel to the USA but you should apply for US Visa.

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

If you’re citizen from Malaysia, USA and South Korea, you can’t visit North Korea. and BTW, If South Korean visited Iran and plan to visit the USA after visiting Iran, US Visa is required as you’re no longer eligible for visa free visit to the US under ESTA requirement.

[@helpmepls6675]

i feel bad for the citizens living in that scary country. i hope that tyranny will end and they finally get a kind leader

[@hiiamrick]

That was how I felt under Trump.

[@maxzuul96]

@@hiiamrick Trump wasnt That bad bro💀💀

[@hiiamrick]

@@maxzuul96 Trump just hated to much. He reminds me at Fox News and a Klan rally.

[@rasmuswhitehorn5240]

2:56 "Are we finished"

[@PrinceOfTheCity1]

Zino he had the person he was looking at executed afterwards

[@sweetiehearts8339]

@@PrinceOfTheCity1 who was he looking at?

[@holodoctor1]

I’m amazed that Americans still visit North Korea. You’re playing Russian roulette.

[@espinafrina]

North Korean roulette, actually.

[@selenasguidetohealthandfit6776]

I've been to North Korea 🇰🇵 it seemed fine but then are tour guide took us down a path we were not allowed to film we looked and we saw someone get beaten up for calling Kim Jon in fat

[@magnuskjesbubahr4325]

Selena's guide to health and fitness the faq. the ppl there are brain washed

[@selenasguidetohealthandfit6776]

#Mehow They are

[@selenasguidetohealthandfit6776]

#Mehow I don't recommend going there

[@xFlexados]

You look like a kid.

[@basedkorean6237]

If they call me fat their family go to death camp.

[@porkmanchase3002]

Who else got this on their recommended when Kim jong Un could be dead.

[@moone.]

please don't

[@Rotatoechip]

He’s alive

[@XXXTentaclez]

Peter Zhou he might be

[@vrsce0178]

@@XXXTentaclez He is.

[@dani-eh3tf]

Vrsce01 3 hours ago: kim jong un returns

[@neiskrrtskrrt3542]

0:16 if u hear it carefully it will sound like 'i dont want beer'

[@rollingrocky3608]

Thanks. Now I can't unhear it

[@salatwurzel-4388]

who wants warm beer?

[@wellofcire]

@Game at least that poster got to be touched by someone decent-looking for once probably : )

[@arcturus7676]

I honestly feel really bad for those who have been arrested by north korea and those who died, i hope they rest in peace.

[@calump6022]

What about the North Korean citizens who are born into this monstrosity and have to be stuck there for life?

[@SyedShujashah]

"otto warmbier" more like" i dont wana be here"

[@harryg1926]

Motiwor Rahman Hahahaha

[@richardhead7161]

Otto Warm Beer.

[@xx_vivipp_xx1194]

This got me.

[@weirdcherrytasteyuck]

omg i found my lost brother.

[@GameKraken]

He's dead, why are people joking about this 18 year old's name?

[@theunknowndroid9382]

2:55 "You got my bacon yet?" *looks to the side* "No?" *looks again* "Your screwed!"

[@alexcruz4640]

To the black guy that snuck into North Korea 🇰🇵 for whatever reason, why??? A black person would stand out so much and officials are going to ask for papers you don't have 😅

[@fahimyt9970]

Kinda racist but it is true

[@valurimist9861]

@@fahimyt9970 how is it racist, have u ever seen what an asian looks like. Asians are tan, blacks are brown

[@-w-138]

Yes true

[@aditya20067]

@@fahimyt9970 you need to stop, everytime someone calls anyone "black person" Doesn't actually means he is racist

[@1Sahra]

@@valurimist9861 it would be better to say black people not “blacks”

[@atonatso8381]

Feel so sad and pain to see this young Innocent guy go through from the hands of north Korea..

[@yeetusthefetus260]

2:55 when you realize that you’re going to war with the most powerful nation in the world

[@user-wq1fo6ib1z]

Oof, 2 years later Kim and Trump are best friends..

[@ThatVideoGameLover]

Russia isn't against north korea

[@jelyben2524]

@@ThatVideoGameLover ahh. He meant merica.

[@salatwurzel-4388]

not for much longer if america continues to elect stupid presidents lol China will be the #1 after a couple more years if america continues like that.

[@ThatVideoGameLover]

@@jelyben2524 I know

[@holdennowack919]

2:57 what you looking at Kim?

[@problemed.2206]

Holden Nowack ur mom

[@manhamahera7788]

How fat he is

[@noname-sk3hl]

Lessons : Don't go to N. Korea. I know it just too much to analyse. But just trust me on this. Edit: Don't ask me how I came to this ground breaking results. It took years

[@thepeskyone]

Source: trust me bro I work at north korea

[@vimalalwaysrocks]

KZbin: Watch this 3 year old video while you are locked down during COVID-19 Me: Okay

[@Diamxnd.]

UK?

[@arandomguy46]

Prisoner in north korea labor camp: What are you here for? Otto Warmbier : i stole a poster

[@quentk8886]

North Korea is like your little brother who has a “modified” nerf gun

[@smokedout3728]

1:14 Claimed thatithadatitidatitinated

[@gokuson8956]

Y go to the north wen the south 👉 there

[@romant142]

Goku Son I know stupid to go there

[@nickxdangelopersonal]

I know South Korea is nice

[@matthewcarrillo4241]

The citizens are not aloud to leave the country

[@daniellarcombe8083]

@@matthewcarrillo4241 👇that's south🤣🤣👉that's east

[@matthewcarrillo4241]

Daniel Larcombe lol😂😂😂

[@hayksim321]

I feel really sad for them😢

[@rafiardian3330]

Leason learned : NEVER NEVER NEVER go to NORTH KOREA

[@saksa101]

Real quality journalism! Thanks NY Times, and greetings from Finland!

[@georgegyamfi5804]

Why would you even go there

[@lijie6431]

George Gyamfi for the chicks 🐤

[@docholladay7638]

To meet the great leader lil kim

[@kaloyantodorov9063]

@Archos Copelin whoa so true

[@qwdwadahthfgh826]

This is why I'm never going any where in Korea

[@pmc614]

Purple Lime South Korea is safe & democratic like the US.

[@darrentill9564]

Purple Lime BUT THE SOUTH IT SAFE

[@joemahma1438]

@Megumin TheArchDemon the people of north korea and families are clearly still innocent

[@RabbitYT576]

South safe

[@karamsaviation2813]

2:48 I can’t imagine why anyone would try to enter North Korea

[@jayfromjax]

You skipped the fact the sent Otto home unconsious and he died 4 days later. Real important there.

[@pbrucpaul]

Kim is the only one, it looks like, who's pigging out there. What he has for dinner would probably feed a whole village. "Great one, come get your Slop. " " Grunt, Grunt, squeeee!"

[@kimbaldun]

Ikr?

[@SPChef1981]

American: throwing snowball North korea: 25 years for such insolence

[@kennykash6089]

Why visit NK as a tourist? Were all the beach resorts in Somalia booked?

[@ShadKS18XL]

tourists in N. Korea are 100% safe and protected. But if you came there to make a crime - they not gonna play games with you.

[@saitamasensei4973]

natural selection

[@markpaul8178]

Good1

[@markpaul8178]

Kenny kash

[@20somethingsworld97]

Kenny Kash hey now somalia isn’t that bad 😂

[@Ahking850]

I feel so sad and sorry for the families that they lost their love ones ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ovinator4010]

Who is the guy on the far left at 2:55 he doesn't seem korean how is he even that high up in the military

[@jigrodrigues]

NK has good relations with a few other countries. Maybe a cuban or venezuelan high ranking military officer invited by the north koreans to the ceremony.

[@Chris.Mendoza]

Thank God I’m not the moron that says “ hey let’s go to North Korea”

[@luke7522]

Who TF is the guy white guy sitting with the North Koreans at 1:53. Not Otto but the older guy.

[@bloemenstadvoetbalbdg9306]

2:15 imagine his family

[@josemld14]

I don't understand people who visit there. It's not a really great country to visit.

[@qwestpond1687]

You pay the price in the country you commit a crime. It's simple as that. Go at your own risk. I don't go to the US, because I'm black.

[@Matthew-qy7op]

War should be inevitable when you take one of our people. Our lack of national pride to defend our own is ludicrous.

[@toyodu5949]

no if they did so many more people would die

[@crystallin6776]

2:54 HAHAHAHA EVEN KJM LOOKS LIKE HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE THERE AND WANTS TO ESCAPE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'M DYING!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hibrk]

Breathe one gasp of air,gets lifetime sentence

[@Tedtopdawg]

Just don’t go to North Korea ..... if you really want to go , go visit South Korea .

[@nathanielblount7122]

2:23 Seems legit

[@peaceforallmankind4746]

Let me get it right. America is technically still at war with NK and yet they allow Americans to visit. Of the hundreds of them that visit annually, only a handful are arrested? For spying, stealing , entering illegally . Isn't that what America would do to visitors of their country too? If the punishment is harsh for similar crimes, then it is really an issue of judiciary judgment or punishment matters. Just because it's lax for similar crimes in your country doesn't mean it has to be the same for others. Example, for drug related crimes some countries issue death sentences so are these countries like NK too. No one put a gun to their heads to visit .

[@nickxdangelopersonal]

Peaceforallman kind they are entering legally though there’s a program and you have to follow a tour

[@matty1214]

US citizen detained in NK: This is the biggest mistake of my life! NK citizen somehow getting detained in US: *This is the biggest success of my life!*

[@yudaobon1650]

The confessions remind me of 1984.

[@TheDAVIDSAT]

Why anyone would want to go visit north Korea?

[@olliemabb7607]

It’s very simple don’t go to North Korea🇰🇵

[@barneymiller844]

Don’t go there simple

[@whatisthis771]

North Korea has to be the saddest place to live in

[@shirley_the_dog3359]

2:55 their leader looks slightly confused

[@hipskipne1984]

What about the US leader conducting a concert and pointing at people during the national anthem

[@DifferentKindOfEntertainment]

I would never wish for war but north korea is a bad country and should be looked at by the world as something that needs to be fixed he didnt deserve to be sentenced that much for a poster.

[@suitablewong9098]

“Powerful leader” April 2020: “I’ll be the judge of that”

[@tulenoentero6066]

You have to correct Americans to the right way US citizens.

[@isaiahmcclure8894]

shut up, You're from South America aren't you?

[@lattemacchiato5003]

2:55

[@palakova1017]

1.42 he is crying and both leaders are laughing 🙄

[@TrueBlue_01]

Stealing poster: 15 years hard labour Esponiage: 10 years hard labour makes sense

[@davidnainggolan6763]

It's funny how Kim Jong Un looked at the camera when he is saluting the marching band.

[@Latyminer]

2:55 to 2:58 lol what is he doing being distracted

[@Latyminer]

Outkast Racing lol

[@Latyminer]

Outkast Racing I know that and don't watch how they try to escape documentaries it's really sad I saw a man freezing cold walking through a river naked

[@funnyeditstoday9901]

He saw a girl that was extra thic.

[@lldrizzyyll]

Devilish lol😂

[@honestopinnion8275]

1:27 kim dung troll

[@ballbender9thousand944]

Lolololool lololol lolollol , trolololol lolol trololol

[@felixnimo]

15 years for stealing a poster ? Kinda lenient in my opinion 😬

[@marilynmalone1381]

North korea is a horrible dictatorship but america also has nukes and has actually dropped them on other countries.

[@bowlampar]

US State Department travel warning doesn't seem to be taken seriously at all by most Americans. It's quite a sad scenario. 🤢🤢

[@歐悠-y1n]

2:56 Kim's face lol

[@comradekeithkirubakaran5337]

0:07 it looked like a child got run over by the truck

[@lilgustav5065]

??

[@jonasplett172]

Keith Blessed Kirubakaran that was someone lowering their camera haha

[@spikes7846]

So to you people who think trumps a real "dictator" feel free to look back on this and actually realistically think

[@buster7347]

Well we all should be grateful we were not born here I thought my country was bad India....

[@Filippa1.1.]

As a swede and my country has good relations with every nation we can pretty much do anything but taking pictures and breakibg certain laws there, so im privellaged

[@klotildapremtaj6255]

2:54 Kimmy the frog: are we done now

[@clenifex8464]

2:55 When you fart in public and you look to see if anyone noticed

[@benv7933]

They only sent Otto home because they didn't want him to die in North Korea.

[@richardrichard6407]

Please compare 0:27 and 1:27. The guards are each time the same. Weird, isn't it?

[@taygahan8001]

It s simple you have to obey the rules of the country where you are in even if u do not respect them.

[@Ayylex]

I would never go because I would probably accidentally commit a crime lol

[@SebastianPlaysGamez]

2:57 Kim-jung-un Was looking at the camera

[@SAM10_P]

02:55 When you fart in assembly

[@julianchan3901]

TBH if you go other country u should respect thier laws

[@olgasolovjova4705]

That's right 👍

[@dvferyance]

Who would be dumb enough to go there?

[@leroyhowland5353]

Just think the unprogressive party would love to see this happen here in the USA.

[@BrandonYRG.]

I would just fly back 💀

[@Rascal77s]

It's 2018 now and we have a President with the balls to get 3 prisoners free.

[@LAVATORR]

0:58 so we're just going to pretend North Korean Freddy Krueger didn't just photobomb a snowbalk fight

[@josephanderson7237]

A number of years ago my coworker’s, Dr. Park, son illegally entered NK to evangelize NK. They were fortunate to have him returned alive. He was most certainly tortured and then some.