Why He Didn't Survive North Korea: The Otto Warmbier Tragedy

[@skingrad]

Moral of the story: don’t visit North Korea.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Precisely

[@sarabanda7480]

Amen

[@chrisstucker1813]

Unless you’re part of an army going to liberate that madhouse.

[@davidallen346]

Korean people are A-holes

[@socialdistancejusticewarri8533]

Right up there on my list with Pakistan and Somalia.

[@Learn-gs4ed]

Going to North Korea is insane. You dont go to a country that their people are trying to escape. This Tour Company should be shut down.

[@rrrogster]

By who? Why? We live in a woke world and closing them would be racist!!

[@GoodWitchIntuitiveTarot]

honestly if Project 2025 happens here in USA. This is exactly what our country will be like i strongly feel this. People have not read it and i have. It is online. People think its so funny to support DT, it will be our greatest nightmare. Please look it up and spread the word......I cant say the awful thing but these are a few of the minor things...Pls Look It up MEDIA & EVERYONE Pleases SPREAD THE WORD! We need to continually remind ppl that in an Evangelic Dictatorship they will be stripped of all Social Media, no public Internet, news, music, books, or movies, alcohol, & so much more!! These things ARE NOT ALOWED! Has anyone ever seen or spoken to anyone from N Korea??? EXACTLY!!!! The ppl being Conned have not been told any of this! There will be no Social Media Allow in America anymore

[@Aryan-nv9kd]

Newsflash: When your country bombs countries across the globe, this happens. Stay in the US. No one wants you. Even Europe is getting tired of your agendas. How long before you guys are not welcome there as well.

[@Aryan-nv9kd]

Newsflash: When your country messes with countries across the globe, this happens. Stay in the US. Even Europe is getting tired of your agendas. How long before you guys are not welcome there as well.

[@Aryan-nv9kd]

Boo Hoo 😂. First stop your atrocities across the globe.

[@sks4728]

Question is... WHY WOULD YOU VISIT NORTH KOREA?!?!

[@lincolnyaco5626]

INDEED!

[@swampgod8244]

Question is, why is he touching things that is obviously not his?!

[@amishgoatmilker]

@@swampgod8244 it was disproved.. in the video

[@sunfire369]

When you are a spy?

[@downsouth4345]

@@swampgod8244 we know north Korea wouldn't lie. They tortured him, then sent him to his parents brain dead.

[@Lurker_Above]

I find it hard to believe the family turned down an autopsy.

[@derric2379]

Because everyone involved knew Otto was brain dead from a suicide attempt. But if they let America continue to believe he was tortured to death they can use his death for political purposes. "his death does not have to be in vain" President Trump repeated to the cameras while standing with Ottos family.

[@t4t359]

Who believes this ridiculous story?

[@TDK67DK]

The story is just "heart aching" but probably a cover up for something. I would rather believe that he was a spy or something and they tried to bring him back at any cost. Maybe he was innocent or not doesn´t matter. It´s a shame that someone was put into this state over some political ideas... Sad. Can´t you just end someone and be straight up a villain. Do you have to be an immoral incest who has to give false hopes? reducing someone to this state and sending them home is bizarr. Even if he survived his life was over eitherway.

[@t4t359]

@@TDK67DK I'm thinking some ridiculous CIA fiasco. And/or... Didn't his family have CIA ties?

[@TDK67DK]

@@t4t359 Me too. His father looks the same like any other old school cia agent. The eyes dead as a fish. You don´t get this look by just being military. Maybe my mind is too wild but I don´t believe the backstory.

[@termitesc.aardwolf3644]

This is why I'm never, ever setting foot in North Korea.

[@Senee628]

This is why i travel only in Azeroth instead.

[@TrembleB4Me]

Idiotic country,idiotic fat president who enslave all its citizens,all in that country sucks

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

Americans, South Koreans, Malaysian and Israelis cannot visit North Korea

[@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY]

If your citizen of those countries that requires ESTA to visit the USA (Japan, Singapore, Brunei, UK, parts of EU countries, Australia, NZ). If you visited North Korea, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, Afghanistan, Yemen on or after March 2011 and/or Cuba on or after January 2021 or you have dual citizens of Iran, Iraq, or Cuba, you’ll not be eligible for ESTA application for visa free travel to the USA, but you must apply for US VISA after visited those sanctioned countries.

[@ob_dowboosh]

The funniest part that Putin has recently been to the North Korea. They are now allies.

[@Ephesians-xt4xc]

Sometimes when people grow up in a rich, sheltered, insulated environment, they think the whole world will be just as safe.

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

It was safe before he did something wrong. You don't break law in north korea apparently. Very strict.

[@Ephesians-xt4xc]

Or their parents will get them out of any jam

[@basstard4639]

You hit the nail square on the head

[@PeaceBeStill-]

Exactly 🎯

[@linanicolia1363]

Evidently, it was the case with Otto. He was arrogant. It cost him his life.

[@TheEvilTwinCG2]

Suing N. Korea for $500mil is like suing any random homeless person you see on the streets.

[@telmesomethinidk]

THERES NO SUCH THING AS SUING. UR OFF AMERICAN LANDS. YOUR IN THE WILD. THE JUNGLE

[@gin2064]

@@telmesomethinidkno shit sherlock 🤦

[@Quinnnard]

@@telmesomethinidkwtf are you saying, take your schizo pills

[@johnathancampbell1056]

America captured a transport ship and sold off the items and gave the money to his family

[@carlosfernandez5833]

@@johnathancampbell1056besides that and seizing a North Korean bank’s assets, do you know of what other ways they’ve helped repay his family?

[@amykirchmann8374]

Very sad that he went there. I lived in South Korea as a teacher for a time. It blew my mind that foreigners paid money to go on tour to North Korea. Especially because of where the money is going that is gained from the "tourism" He looked like such a lovely man. Rest in Peace.

[@SOLDOZER]

FACT: Visiting North Korea is safer than visiting the USA, Europe or Africa

[@fal2218]

thats rich comming from someone from a country who their citizens bully their k-pop idols to harm theselves

[@SOLDOZER]

Going on a tour of North Korea is safer than going on a tour of Oakland.

[@lokifrostpaw2976]

​@fal2218 did you even read? "Lived in South Korea for a time" because of a teaching job. They didn't say anything about being south korean.

[@fal2218]

@@lokifrostpaw2976 my point about their kpop idols stands

[@McZachary44]

You left out the part where the US put a travel ban to North Korea, and that ban is still in place today

[@chamanlal8550]

But I see many people going there and that's Americans to

[@colton4900]

@@chamanlal8550most more than likely have dual citizenship bro

[@tuannguyenquoc5515]

Do u even need a ban? Like who tf in their right mind would go there 💀

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

​@@tuannguyenquoc5515 I'm not generally a fan of travel bans, but in cases like North Korea it can be warranted. The big issue with North Korea in particular, is that it's not like there's any sort of real cultural exchange anyways. All you're doing is puffing up their supreme leader's ego, handing them some money and giving them the opportunity to get a hostage.

[@MaryanaBarbosa-p7l]

You have to be very stupid to go sightseeing in North Korea

[@우사민-r3c]

This is a country that sentenced one of it's citizens to death for listening to K Pop and a young mother to 15 years in prison because she chose to save her young children and NOT the portraits of North Korean leaders from the walls when her house was engulfed in flames. Any foreign citizen, especially Americans, are fully aware of the severe risks and hazards of visiting there at any time. They must also know that they would be watched and under surveillance for 24 hours during their entire stay even when asleep. In short, to willingly visit North Korea as a foreign tourist is absolutely insane and completely unnecessary.

[@missk1697]

How would you even fact check that?

[@dmar3651]

​@missk1697 easy. Just think for a minute: would the DPNK fact check any claims made against You before taking you? Would you get a fair trial? Would you get representation? There's your answer.

[@tommaybe7854]

@@missk1697 just go there yourself and find out

[@mathewrussell926]

@@missk1697 Tankie

[@adamjacksonmedia]

​@@missk1697I think this story alone, should be enough to assume the worst. I mean... you're more than welcome to go to North Korea and debunk all the claims. Best of luck.

[@DVanO426]

They didn't want him to talk, so they made sure he wouldn't. What a sad story. Pray for Otto and his family.

[@origamikami3486]

Nah, don’t go to NK

[@Spoiled_horsegirl]

I wonder what they did to him

[@kdizzle901]

He never should of gone

[@AE-pv9vc]

Good observation. Makes sense

[@samuraidoggy]

@@kdizzle901 How do you know that? Maybe Otto himself thought that it was the best days in his life, and the trip was all worth it!!!

[@davedammitt7691]

It's really sad how young, optimistic people can ignore obvious dangers. My brother financed his 18 year old son going to Syria and Iraq to plant Christian churches in 2005. He was there for over 6 months, and I told my brother that he's very lucky that he came back without being beheaded. His daughter spent a year in Mexico doing the same thing.

[@WarPigstheHun]

Iraq was very dangerous during that time. But fortunately the Iraqis are civilized with a united Persian culture. So long as he stayed in Iraq owned territory, the Jihadis would have a harder time capturing him.

[@ketie_]

God shelters His

[@JimD77]

@@ketie_ Bingo, no one can die before their appointed and foreordained time.

[@ketie_]

@@JimD77 there’s a thing called untimely death n it’s real…

[@Yesica1993]

That's an entirely different situation. Christians are commanded to share the gospel to the ends of the earth. God bless those people who do so in dangerous countries! That's entirely different from going there for "fun" as a tourist.

[@ricogodfatha8573]

The fact that these tourists just had this casual nonchalant attitude in a country known for their human rights violations is beyond me. The friend jokingly “Well that’s the last we will see of you.” while two guards take him away is wild.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

In all fairness, normally it's not that big of a deal There's a minder with you at all times when you're outside of the hotel and everything that you see is staged to reinforce the official view that the government wants you to see. As in, in most cases, just being there and seeing what they want you to see is sufficient for the government, they don't normally need to arrest people and it's arguably against their interests to do so. That doesn't necessarily mean that he wasn't a genuine hostage, but I wouldn't necessarily assume that he was either.

[@maladyofdeath]

This isn't some mystery, this has literally been going on for half a century. I was taught about North Korea in school and their horrible human rights abuses and their declaration of the West being their enemy. Only fools rush in where angels dare to tread.

[@solisinvictus4238]

And the lady tourist seems a bit amused by this imo

[@MiraTheWarlock]

I think they were casual about it because most of the time tourists doing minor infractions is met with at worst a fine. The whole forbidden floor is a dare so it's been done by many. Otto was just unlucky to be the one they decided to make an example of for real...which sucks as most insist it's not him in the video

[@turkeyman631]

Well, if he was a black lesbian WNBA player, he would have been traded for a dangerous arms dealer, but they didnt do that for some reason for him!

[@michaelhodge2104]

Sad story. I don't understand why any American would go to any hostile country to the USA.

[@asrr62]

Some people have no limit of what they THINK they can do but physically can't.

[@Catmom-gl5nt]

I have to go to many of these countries for work and I am always very cautious. The first time I traveled to Moscow, I discovered my father’s cousin was still on their 💩 list. More than 50 years later, they’re still unhappy. Fortunately, they didn’t hold it against me, but I had to respond at passport control when they asked about him. Some people just can’t let things go.

[@michaelhodge2104]

@Catmom-gl5nt WOW! Russia, North Korea, Most of the Middle East are completely off of my travel destinations.

[@Catmom-gl5nt]

If you can think of an off the wall place, other than North Korea, I have probably been there. I just paste a polite smile on my face and behave. Amusingly, I was representing my country at a weekend symposium in Central Asia and knowing the nation well, knew to supply our employees with bottles of water and juice, dried fruit and nuts, as well as crackers and cheese, because events were usually in grand marble building who’s air conditioning was no match for the temperature and would not offer any food or drink over the course of the day. I bumped into the Iranian Ambassador at his area and made small yak through the interpreter. He was an older man and clearly not doing well in the heat. I had on my American flag lapel pin and was wearing my Star of David necklace and without thinking, offered him cool water and food at our area. He looked shocked that I would offer him that courtesy, but my parents raised me better than that and, as he was polite to me, I owed him the same courtesy. He was so appreciative of the gesture (and the water) that he presented me the next day with a beautiful box of Iranian delicacies. Would I go to Iran? Absolutely not, but people are capable of behaving well when the want to, and I am tired of people using culture as an excuse for bad behavior. Civility is never out of style or uncalled for.

[@michaelhodge2104]

@Catmom-gl5nt Not all Americans have to make us look bad. I remember the American guy back in the 90's that spray painted cars and was Cained .

[@vparakhin]

He was tortured to death. It's obvious to everyone.

[@mountainclimber1999]

No it’s not. Read the accounts of the Dr who traveled back with him and experts who studied him later. He tried to kill himself early on which led to brain damage.

[@DiscoStfu]

actually he died because his parents had his feeding tube removed

[@MrElectricSkittles]

Yup, but just about not enough to keep him alive, so they can say they didn't kill him.. plain and simple

[@lettiegrant9447]

He sure was.

[@OhAwe]

Taught by the best (CIA).

[@JL-xg7xb]

Thank you for keeping his memory alive

[@iamwolfeia]

While I do think it was foolish to go to such a place… I find it disheartening that some people in these comments are being so disrespectful to him. Sure, it was a poor choice, but he didn’t deserve the torture & torment he endured. He was a bright young man who clearly had a lot going for him, & it’s sad that his future was taken away. I hope he’s resting in peace now. I hope he knows lots of people still feel for him & miss him.

[@UberVike]

He doesn't know because he is dead.

[@petergilkes7082]

"...bright young man who clearly had a lot going for him." He was an American who believed Americans can do what they want anywhere in the world with no possible comeback. He shouldn't have been "killed", but he was a twat!

[@tipperny76]

​Uberike, what do you know in your infinite wisdom, pray tell, seeings how you are at least alive enough to condescend to the above commender who is showing the deceased sone compassion. If you want to hate on someone, hate on that loser Kim Jong Un who is going to spend eternity in HELL. ​@@UberVike

[@xanlysphynx8839]

Na What you’re saying right now is exactly what’s wrong with Americans the way we think is not the right way just because we are used to it just meaning everything is not so whatever happens happens. Some things are serious. He learned that I don’t think anyone is not sad. Stating the obvious

[@Flyinghigh3597]

The North Koreans has their definition of justice, so their's not the same as us. In Saudi Arabia Kingdom, they just chop off perpetrators hand or head as punishment of stealing, so why America befriends with them?

[@bobcatrdh]

As a parent my heart breaks for the parents who Im sure felt so helpless in this situation. A terrible injustice.

[@arabianwarrior7177]

north korea apologized for the sleeping pill mishap that no one could have predicted. mistakes happen and we need to accept heartfelt apologies.

[@4amcripple]

​@@arabianwarrior7177and that's bull. That's not the truth at all. It was a complete lie

[@richardlew3667]

​@@arabianwarrior7177It's absurd that you actually still believe that BS.

[@gamercat8]

​@@arabianwarrior7177filthy statement by the devil

[@nomikomi]

@@arabianwarrior7177 bot?

[@hollies5841]

Imagine what atrocities the citizens face if this is what they do to a visitor. RIP Otto.

[@jazminmiller1071]

That’s what I keep thinking about the citizens are all alone constantly living in fear

[@neilsullada385]

He wasn't their visitor just their example

[@Hithere-dc2qx]

While that is true, it seems like many of them are brainwashed to the core. Unless they are all faking it

[@murphytremble7845]

That country is horrible to its people. The only reason it's tolerated is because China doesn't want anyone else on their border.

[@Grassland-ix7mu]

Seems like you are assuming they treat visitors better than their own people? He was an american, their worst enemy and they wanted to send a sign that they are dangerous

[@il2673]

I would never visit an enemy of us. That's crazy.

[@joshuaquinn-kb1nv]

Loser with no dad lore speaking

[@Rudi_Mentary723]

White men from the west had already made enemies when the crossed east into Asia. They should've never come.

[@paulhomsy2751]

I agree and aside from never visiting one of our enemies, we shouldn't have the entitled, self important attitude that the citizens of some countries that I will not mention, have. Respect other cultures or stay home.

[@DominicBenny-r1t]

@@paulhomsy2751 I do not think that torturing a foreigner to a half death state is a part of Korean culture.

[@wh_kers]

​@@DominicBenny-r1tthis is not a soft country. court danger & pay the results

[@BGBPW]

Ever since I heard his story (while this was happening), I’ve never been able to forget about him. A lot of people say he shouldn’t have gone to NK, and surely that’s true…but that doesn’t mean he deserved any of this. You can’t just shrug and say “that’s what you get”… He suffered more in his short life than most of us could ever imagine, and his family will never have justice. They have only their sorrow. We should all be saddened and outraged at this still to this day.

[@kymo6343]

This. "Don't go to North Korea" is missing the whole point. What about the people who are forced to live in NK regardless? The foundation of law is supposed to be based upon fairness, upon asking "What if I were the strong one, or what if I were the weak one instead?" We call what they did Human Rights Violations but if we just sit on our butts and say "Sucks for them, don't go there", then it remains just another Tuesday for the ppl in NK. NK should be ashamed of what they did to another country's young citizen but in their primitive war-obsessed culture they probably see it as "Showing how tough they are", just as apes kill the young of other apes to try and dominate. Sometimes demonstrating humanity is being better than the beastly, but sometimes you have to step up and put mad rabid dogs down too...

[@susannpatton2893]

They do not like American people Nor the lack of discipline that American people have. No kids running crazy screaming over there

[@BlkSheepLoneWolf]

Same, I have never forgotten about this sad story. It was so horrible😢 what he went through or what his parents went through. So sad.

[@HaveCommonSense76]

Actions have consequences

[@monopthalmoss]

Haven't been able to forget him either..we didn't get the satisfaction of really finding out what and how it truly happened..and seemingly no consequences for NK. If one country needs team America to go in and deliver some freedom..it's NK

[@DigitaIJustice]

It’s horrible what humans can do to each other

[@Sonnx7oj]

The same humans that would beg for there life if they where in the same position

[@The_Middle_The]

❤️

[@MaryanaBarbosa-p7l]

You have to be very stupid to go sightseeing in North Korea

[@NjD....]

God plz forgive us. 😓

[@MaryanaBarbosa-p7l]

@@NjD.... Only stupid people go to North Korea for tourism and still steal things from there

[@13gladius28]

Since September 2017, the U.S. State Department has made it illegal to travel to North Korea with an American passport. “Travel to, in, or through North Korea on a U.S. passport without this special validation may justify revocation of your passport for misuse,” said the State Department's website.

[@hossosplitternacken7819]

i wouldnt be suprised if the whole story about Otto is just made up, and that guy actually died when he set foot on US soil ..another genius CIA Falseflag

[@jacobhoffman2553]

you can still go there if you want... no legal action will be taken against you unless they can find something that suggests your essentialy being a traitor (anyone still trying to go there is a traitor or a moron) ... but no help is coming for you either..... thats why its "illegal" so that you understand how bad your fuckin up....in fact theres a buncha countries ppl shouldnt be fuckin with right now due to geopolitical alliances with russia in said countries.... ppl are just fool hardy lipshits.... they like to be surprised when bad shit happens

[@jcbbb]

sounding exactly like a communist country in the process, this acted charade allowed the government infiltrators to slowly groom them for their loss of rights .... - audiobook remix ccp demz rule (2014).mp3

[@bradsanders407]

Lol thats that good ole "freedom" the usa is always jackassing on about but has never actually experienced it.

[@13gladius28]

@@bradsanders407 First of all I'm Italian and Italy unlike the US, Italy has a better cultural history than the US which most Americans don't know what their culture us. Secondly, you need to go live in NK prison camp, jacksh *t

[@midnytevega2777]

There's a reason why your mother doesn't want you going places like north Korea. Otto deserves justice

[@mariabrown6926]

He committed a crime in a strict foreign country. What did he expect?

[@melissahanna2815]

This has always broken my heart. His cries of pain and suffering were heard and I’ve never forgotten this poor man

[@amandamccormick5009]

And yet Israel are torturing Palestinians in your name. Noone cares about the German zionist spy otto. You are literally feeling for a man who hasn't existed in years. While sending money to have this treatment done to kids. Empathy is a role play for you. You choose when to feel it right? That's not empathy.

[@absiyehassan36]

He did that to himself! He stole

[@gonzalopanizza]

​@@absiyehassan36 i feel bad for you having that negative IQ

[@joprocter4573]

Obama didn't bother to visit NK to encourage openness..trade.talks to release usa citizen

[@PannBM-yv1rm]

He shouldn’t do that but their punishment is also too extreme.

[@sallyboeras7996]

First of all, there shouldn't be any tours at all to N Korea. Not only will you be fed propaganda and lies, you are contributing money to the regime and perpetuating their lies!

[@sazure2]

Indeed and those that "escape" horror stories (heard many on talk radio) Quote: """"""""""""Life in North Korea Some defectors have described North Korea as a place of suffering and a lack of freedom. For example, Yeonmi Park, author of In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom, has said that everything in North Korea is about worshiping the party and dictators, and that people are not allowed to tell human stories. Others have described the brutality of the regime, starvation, and propaganda."""""""""""""""

[@galenmerrick]

Like the U.S.?

[@ifensler]

US government has never lied or spread propaganda😂😂

[@ulucio86]

@@galenmerricktell me your brainwashed without telling me your brainwashed.

[@brucebaldwinson6316]

​@@galenmerrickShut up you idiot !!!

[@mariadegan1029]

For the life of me, l cannot understand WHY would anyone want to go to North Korea?? Those poor people are prisoners and would leave in a heartbeat!! Worst place on Earth😔

[@yettiluch1]

❤

[@suzy1407]

In my opinion, I believe people would want to go because of its RESTRICTED access. Wouldn't you want to go to a country that is restricted on visitors and only the people who are granted passes can go? I mean yea its dangerous, but some like the risk.

[@unsteadyhandlebar]

​@@suzy1407nah, keep it to urself

[@aladdout9454]

its almost like a slap in the face for north korean citizens...like someone treating them as sad zoo animals for "sight-seeing" cuz they are fascinated by hellish places

[@slimjimjimslim5923]

the rest of us live in the sane and practical world. There are rich and privileged people who think North Korea is just quirky and old. I met gay friends who had plan to visit africa and had no idea the sodomy law there and worried about not finding a gay bar. I was like "brah....they ain't like us here in california LOL...don't die just because you couldn't keep it in your pants for a summer"

[@thomass863]

I went to North Korea in 2015 not long before Warmbier and stayed in the same hotel on the same floor. For all I know he could have stayed in the same room as me but I can't remember the number. A Chinese-American guy called Vincent was part of our tour group and was taken away for questioning about espionage. We had a drink the night before we left and he told me how he'd been made to write a letter of apology to the government. The guy was terrified and I was scared for him, glad he made it back okay.

[@kylermelson6712]

How was your experience when you went? What made you chose North Korea to visit?

[@thomass863]

@@kylermelson6712 I like going to sketchy places and the communist aesthetic, that's it really. The trip was amazing. That's not to say I'd want to live there, but it was an impressive piece of state theatre and propaganda straight out of Stalinist Russia. Everything is perfectly choreographed except the horrendous quality of the food, they just can't get that right.

[@NotRenjiro]

@@thomass863 Would you be willing to share more of your experiences?

[@thomass863]

@@NotRenjiro I've put the link to my blog in my channel. It used to be full of stories from my travels but I'm an awful writer and just use it store photos now. There are some from Korea but you'll need to scroll to the bottom to find them. I went on the longest tour that Koryo (the tour group) offer and it would take ages for me to tell you about everything. You can ask me anything you like though.

[@Goodiesfanful]

Poor Otto. I hope he’s resting in peace now.

[@rickeedavenport1738]

He’s the dummy for going!

[@elwaadabdilkadir]

​@@rickeedavenport1738Bro, that's all you need to say? The dude went through so much, and you think if he knew what would happen that he would even go??

[@HowToSurviveShow]

RIP Otto🌹

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

@@rickeedavenport1738 It was his father's fault for encouraging him and financing his trip to North Korea.

[@TrembleB4Me]

@@rickeedavenport1738 otto is that Intelligent to be able to go to North Korea when only few did. Mistake? Yes but the point is he is a VIP to visit that country cause like i said,only few were able to visit N.K🤷

[@vesuvio3364]

I don't understand why an American would travel to North Korea.

[@counterweightshenanigans2808]

Liberals think every other culture is superior to ours.

[@veronicababy7959]

He wanted to be special.

[@aarondavis8943]

@KW-ew7ll He was naive and reckless, and he got drunk. But you don't have to know Soviet and Cold War history to understand the precarious position you are in as an American tourist in North Korea. Rather than a lack of historical context, I think he was just one of these people who think "It can't happen to me". The "invincibility" of youth.

[@OneTheBlue]

@@veronicababy7959 Or maybe he had a sense of adventure. A very American quality.

[@ihatecabbage7270]

@@OneTheBlue that's stupid, I am an American but I know the whole world want me dead for what we did in Iraq.

[@GuitarGuru357-rz9eb]

It’s kind of like solo free climbing. It probably feels like a good idea until you slip. “What the hell was I doing?” may well be your last thought. The best way for an American to survive North Korea is to stay out of North Korea.

[@ellaelliott4415]

So true. I was comparing it to free diving. Clearly reckless, but people do it anyway, knowing the risks (or maybe being too ignorant to believe there are no consequences).

[@wannabecarguy]

Obama tried to bring him home, but Trump was able to do it. I think about my son's and I think about all the times they said Trump only thinks about him self.

[@CodeLife_12]

@@wannabecarguy Don't expect Trump to save your sons unless there is some political gain for him lol. Sucking up to power hungry sociopaths is rarely a good idea

[@VWorldWide]

Or Caving

[@BlitzkriegFeuerFrei]

@@wannabecarguy Bringing him back was purely a political move. Trump didn't care about this dude either. Nor should they. You reap what you sow when you go to a place like North Korea. Every time a case like this or Brittney Griner happens I laugh my ass off.

[@iamsydneyy]

Who in their right mind would want to visit such a place? Crazy

[@MeanzProductionz]

For the experience. It's a country like no other. Idiot

[@joesites2250]

The worst things to do regarding N. Korea: #1: Do not go to North Korea. #2 If you have any questions, revert to #1

[@ncapone87]

The worst thing to do is don't go to NK? I don't think that's what you mean

[@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor]

​@@ncapone87the point is don't go there. It's like asking how do you get out of Hell once you go there

[@ncapone87]

@@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor you're an SAT tutor and you couldn't see the double negative in the original comment? Holy shit

[@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor]

@@ncapone87 I actually saw it as a rhetorical device but thanks for the critique. Next time I'll pass your test. I promise. 👍

[@ncapone87]

@@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor how is it rhetorical?

[@anirbanrajkhowa9681]

Perhaps the chances of returning safely from a war zone is higher than returning safely from North Korea

[@sandmantk4901]

fact

[@CoolGobyFish]

not really, lots people go to Korea. they even have a sky resort. just follow the rules. don't steal !!!

[@bowiethechihuahua]

@@CoolGobyFish he was used as a bargaining tool holy crap do people not understand? he never did anything

[@CoolGobyFish]

@@bowiethechihuahua I've talked seveal people who visited Korea, most of the impressions are positive. I would like to go as well, eventually. This guy definitely did something to piss people off.

[@thomaswright8165]

For those of you talking about visiting north korea you're insane Good luck

[@alanmacdonald1457]

that girl smiling while she said "its the scariest place in the world" was one of the creepiest things iv seen in a while

[@skincarerainbow4950]

I was actually thinking about the same thing. I was so damn taken aback by the reaction. It looked downright creepy.

[@MEGABYSS]

she gave me very strange vibes for real

[@jonesjones7057]

I said the same thing too! That struck me as SO weird.

[@amnbvcxz8650]

Exactly! All the time she was speaking she seemed so psychopathically detached. She’s probably a psychopath. Who could smile or find anything remotely funny about all of this…

[@terra__incognita]

@@amnbvcxz8650 Or maybe the experience was so traumatizing that she has a hard time talking about it and was just trying to get through it without breaking down? Never mind it being on camera, which just adds to discomfort. I know that I got to the point where I promised myself that I'd never cry over my rape again, so I'm sure my body language gets odd on the rare occasions I discuss it, all in aid of holding myself together. Please try to remember that compassion is free.

[@HandymancraftDIY]

I don’t understand how some people think it is okay to travel to hostile environments and think it will be okay. It usually people with entitlement lives that think “my rich family will get back home if something happens”.

[@samhughes6895]

“Party tour to North Korea” is wild

[@phillipmckenzie4484]

Exactly 😢

[@Solo-opiniones84]

Right crazy

[@Solo-opiniones84]

I do believe he took the flyer but wow so sad evil of all evils

[@Freddy_Confetti]

Learn how to make comments that make it seem like you don’t have brain rot. Just like this kid.

[@MarioSchlemmer-s5k]

When he was in Israel he probably found the walls that inprisoned the palistinans pretty exciting.

[@MrJRW1]

I can't even begin to imagine how terrified Otto must have been. He didn't deserve what happened to him.

[@sfappetrupavelandrei]

Sadly, stupidity is not an excuse for people from a totalitarian regime.

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

If you go to country with strict regime you should act appropriately tho. He clearly did something wrong there, otherwise there would be no reason to jail him.

[@JokerLover123]

​@@JustChill-zd4ib What did he do wrong?

[@JohnBock-nq9lr]

Natural selection strikes again! Darwin genius award goes to......?

[@jacquenanderson9957]

He should have done some historical research .These countries are tired of spoiled Americans coming in with their sinful ideology. Young Americans get away with foolishness but Not In other Countries .

[@heiliger1000]

He graduated from the same small high school I did about 15 years after me. This absolutely rocked the entire community. So very sad.

[@jasonmurdoc9533]

All these comments call him a rich kid, moral of the story don’t go to North Korea, he was sheltered. I am very sorry for your loss, but can I ask what you think of these comments?

[@rediron44]

​@@jasonmurdoc9533 he wasn't sheltered. That's ignorant

[@rololokosctrez8276]

😂😂😂😂

[@heathernikki5734]

@@rediron44 yes he absolutely was.

[@lillianmarazas4677]

I was in Cincinnati when he was returned. It was very sad. I remember watching the funeral procession.

[@sunnydae6602]

This is unbearably heartbreaking 💔

[@thediamondprincechristian]

I hope he's at peace now, it must have been a true painful nightmare everything he went through. I really hope his spirit is well.

[@patriziakusmierz1171]

I like your comment very much!

[@rocren6246]

No spirit could be well in this fucked up world. No one can escape!

[@cutetree7262]

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all Ecclesiastes 9:5

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

I do too, but he's dead. So he doesn't feel anything.

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

​@@cutetree7262 What about all those Christians talking about their family "looking down on them". 😂 Don't many Christians think that their dead relatives can intervene from the spirit world to the physical?

[@madeleine7411]

My daughter's private prep school had a trip listed to Mexico as a graduation destination before college. My older daughter told me that the school took no responsibility for student's safety. The trip is arranged by a tour company. Since these trips were relatively rare and had not been touted as a Senior Trip, I was unaware of the lack of responsibility taken by the school and by the tour company. We did not let our daughter take part. Beware if your child is affiliated with a school that offers these trips. It is not safe. Your child even at 18 -22 years of age has no idea what a foreign government has the power to do to him/her.

[@dan6442]

A wise decision on your part. Mexico is not a safe place. Your "rights" end when you leave the country.

[@minkbach9452]

the cartel is the government

[@b.wiggins714]

I wouldn't go to Mexico now even with my own security team.

[@AncientWaysHealing-zn2zb]

Mexico would have been fine! I have both visited and even lived there for a year. North Korea is another story altogether!!!! Why would ANYONE want to go there straight into a "dystopian tyrannical dictatorship" is my question? WHY?

[@oregonvibez]

So because it's set up by a tour company you felt worried? 💀 explain please cause you send your daughter to this school it's fancy and idk you think they'd hire a cheap unsafe tour company? I think you might need to read a bit more instead of just getting spooked from what a person said a person said 👀 no school or business takes responsibility for what an adult over age 18 does thats basic business law to remove legal liability 💀swim at your own risk, fly at your own risk - life insurance doesn't cover air travel so does that make the plane unsafe? For real your comment doesn't make logical sense just nonsense.

[@michellesartori6695]

As a nurse who has cared for people in a vegetative state like poor Otto I am very curious as to how his brain was damaged so profoundly, especially if the damage was to the entire brain but bilateral and not the result of being beaten around the head. I don't know what those soldiers did to him, but I am terribly sorry for Otto and his family. Apparently Otto didn't have any pressure sores on his body when he arrived back into the states which is really extraordinary as it is easy for those individuals who cannot move themselves to end up with significant pressure sores if the care is inadequate. I find it odd that he was clearly "cared for" within the North Korean hospital he was a patient in for almost his entire time in NK but he was also clearly tortured and his brain starved of oxygen as evidenced by the contractures of his hands and feet which are signs of significant brain injury. One of my sons has a close friend who went to NK a couple of years before Otto did and I was so shocked that he had done something SO stupid, but he claimed that he enjoyed himself and the people were friendly! I noticed some posters with NK'n propaganda on his wall, and I automatically remembered Otto supposedly taking the poster off the wall and what that act, IF he did it at all, resulted in To any young person thinking of visiting NK DON'T, there's nothing there that you need to worry yourself about. Watch some of the extensive number of documentaries on KZbin, and you'll realise that Im right. There's a crazy man leading the country, horrific murders of the NK peasant class, and mass starvation. Find a nice beach somewhere and go there! Your parents will thank you.

[@TY-Tianyou]

Tbf they don't see us as an enemy as much as the Americans

[@Goodiesfanful]

Top-notch torturers would know how to inflict torture without going too far or leaving obvious traces on the body. I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case with Otto.

[@Kopie0830]

I think they put him on solitary with little oxygen and water boarded him. Probably electrecuted him as well.

[@Goodiesfanful]

I remember some priest visiting North Korea unwittingly left his Bible in the men’s room. He was arrested for it as Bibles are banned in North Korea. The conditions he was kept in included a cell with a mouldy toilet and basin. He was released and allowed to leave the country, but his case shows Otto could not have been kept in humane conditions even if torture was not applied.

[@artemisiya1549]

NK has plenty of chemical and biological weapons and often experiments on perceived dissidents in their own country. I would wager that given the right conditions it wouldn’t be hard to pull off.

[@Singularity2Singularity]

thanks, didn't learn anything new, this has been covered already ...

[@907-q7u]

You can tell when the 2 N. Korean guards were walking him (supporting him), his legs/ankles were already injured. These people are sick.

[@nisselarson3227]

They have every right to do what they want in this case. They take this shit seriously, they do not promote American tourism in their country and he disrespected the party and the country by stealing a flag. It's sad for the family, of course. But obviously a necessary lesson.

[@farariri]

​@nisselarson3227 Right? There are no rights in that country, lol. Go outside kid and get some fresh air.

[@marovlasic3167]

This usa citizen was sick....what kind of fun was a trip to North Korea and insult them by acting like stupid american tourist.....!! You all forgot that North Korea is under sanctions for more than 60 years....usa is bullies them for more than 60 years and then came otto goofing around!! His family can be satisfied to have had body to bury!!

[@Spoiled_horsegirl]

I wonder what they did to him? I heard they electrocuted him.

[@sergeantchick2820]

@@nisselarson3227He was forced to confess. He had actually maintained his innocence until an attorney suggested he beg forgiveness and hope to be given leniency. He was a decent kid, no one deserves what he went through.

[@BruceSeesall]

They murdered him...the end.

[@Anklespank]

Stop accusing others of stuff they didn't do and making up your own version of events to support your false accusations. 😂. You're the walking definition of dishonesty

[@Beardshire]

and set it up and forced him to break their laws, but why?

[@petergilkes7082]

@@Beardshire You believe that? Forced him to go somewhere he shouldn't have been, taking a poster off the wall he shouldn't have taken and claimed her was innocent. Nice joke!

[@Beardshire]

@@petergilkes7082 Absolutely believe it. If it happened at all, Anyone not skeptical of what went on, i don't understand why. They murder their own citizens

[@fivesix3852]

No Otto murdered himself. Hi know that was a bad idea. Otto looks stupid, and The parentes should know he doesent can take care of himself and shouldnt let him go on vacation on his own without parentes.

[@wasabi-in-my-eye3134]

My teacher never taught me what youtube did. Never go underground cave exploration, never cook steak in a toaster, never camp in bear country.... never go to north Korea

[@wilmamanzanillo6968]

Why do north Koreans Torture people

[@infinitejest441]

Someone should write a book 😂

[@hoppermantis7615]

Steak in a toaster? As in air fryer? Or bread?

[@wasabi-in-my-eye3134]

@hoppermantis7615 there was an actual incident where a person tried copying a tiktok video. By cooking a steak in a bread toaster.... he burned his house to the ground

[@lerm2866]

Don’t forget-every male over the age of 30 is a p*do

[@Kpraveen135]

Im American, north korea is framing otto of a crime he didnt do and punished him for nothing. I hope i can make a chamge when i grow up.

[@schmirgldecks]

How do you know he haven’t committed a crime?

[@stephenbanks5952]

I find it strange that any of those kids went there and were partying and drinking like it was normal. That was all probably put on for show for them. Their people cannot afford to do that. I would feel terrible partying and drinking and showing off my wealth while others starved. It would make them very disliked.

[@arfriedman4577]

I think the people in this section of NK are not poor. Theyre top picked people.

[@TomikaKelly]

The section of NK that is open to tourists doesn't show any poverty or struggle. People party and drink with impoverished locals nearby, everywhere and every day: Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Miami, etc.

[@thefelipevaldes]

Well, there are people starving all over the world. Should we stop parting if there is someone in our cities living on the streets?

[@stephenbanks5952]

@@thefelipevaldes The thing is that they know that everybody out of Pyongyang is starving. The North Koreans that they do see are the lucky ones and yet I doubt that they are partying it up. They are all still under the deep control of the state and may only be there for show to pretend that you can have fun. Personally I would not want to be in such a situation but if I was I think I would probably tone it down and not party like I am in LA. I would read the room a little. It must have been very incongruous.

[@angelsjoker8190]

As weird as it sounds, tourism makes up for a significant part of NK's economy. It's kind of "thrill-tourism". What's also a bit weird in this case is that AFAIK there are always government agents around the tourists to make sure they only see what they are allowed/supposed to see, so damaging something without someone directly noticing seems a bit questionable.

[@JulieBlair-g6w]

I'm a retired RN and he had suffered a head injury and had been bedridden for probably almost the entire year in N. Korea. The contractures which is his deformed legs and arms look like someone who had been in bed for years like a nursing home patient. I hate to say this but he had suffered catastrophic injuries and they sent him back to the US because they knew he was going to die. God taking him was a blessing because no one would want to live like that or see their family member like that. God bless his beloved family! 🙏

[@truther627]

Thank you for giving us some knowledge on what he probably endured while incarcerated in North Korea. What a horrible experience that obviously led to his death. Just heartbreaking.

[@dan6442]

You say you're an RN. You didn't examine him. From the video; "No definitive signs of torture or physical abuse found"

[@CarolSchenkl]

True. I heard his howling from the plane. As it landed. They tortured him in many ways.

[@CarolSchenkl]

​@@dan6442there were reports that came out when he came back.

[@April-xs9tk]

@@dan6442RN here as well, she is absolutely correct in her interpretation of his physical assessment.

[@llfm3190]

“For more survival stories” bruh this kid passed away

[@paulievespucci6867]

Wdym? He got home alive. He survived N.Korea and died in the US soil 😂

[@willwrite3675]

​@@paulievespucci6867your brain is broken

[@rjwoods2600]

Survived?

[@Roddy556]

​@@rjwoods2600for a week

[@keilahdugan0613]

@@paulievespucci6867 lmao ur not wrong tho T_T

[@loring4015]

Otto's story is heart-wrenching.

[@kylebarvel]

dont even think of planning a trip to north korea

[@greatusername1668]

ill go

[@thepanda1044]

​@@greatusername1668And you'll be sent back in a coffin.

[@Mikuinwifi]

@@greatusername1668and that’s why you never responded

[@RaymondScavenger]

Unless if you go to north Korea You must have a official guide with you

[@BenMonares]

@@greatusername1668if you can’t handle Mexico, you cannot handle north korea

[@nycdweller]

His family should have allowed an autopsy

[@psychonauty2020]

i think they did and was told to not disclose . like the way they told otto, they can tell his whole family, right? like they were intimidated

[@gyanf]

Exactly!

[@tracesprite6078]

To the secret police in North Korea: I know it's too dangerous for you to refuse to work for that horrific dictatorship, but please find every chance to slow up the government's evil work. Quietly resist and support others who resist. You are human beings, and you deserve to have a caring government, not a bunch of ruthless, cruel exploiters. Sending you love. Wish you could be free.

[@skynut38]

If dude was Jewish maybe it went against their religion to do an autopsy.

[@annakaye1629]

​@tracesprite6078 I'm an American, haven't been in NK & won't go. But, I do NOT believe any story US media tells. Look, our gov. turned on us by treating illegals better than us. What more do you need to experience to believe you don't count? So, lecturing others is from funny to sad.

[@plasmodesma7569]

America should ban trips to NK. Full stop. It is too much risk, not only to the individual but to the nation. One hostage held on fake charges could bring us to war. Just depends on the hostage and situation. As a national security measure, American's should be banned from going to NK.

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

it was banned shortly after this incident.

[@johnmc3862]

@@bluetextonwhitebgIndeed

[@rrrogster]

Well that's not going to happen in our woke world. That would be labeled racist!!

[@j.w.213]

bro they literally pay their enemys xD

[@TOU2AN4AL]

​@@j.w.213How so ?

[@msl1689]

This is truly heartbreaking.

[@jennygump9250]

They killed him because they don’t want him to tell to everybody what they did to him.

[@pradieusmith643]

So why did they do to him what they did to him?

[@diaBTAS]

@@pradieusmith643 okay congo man, because some country's governments actually have total control over anything and anyone in their country

[@Sandra-1wiq]

@@pradieusmith643To punish him for a seemingly innocent crime, that many believe he didn’t commit.

[@user-qp4cx6wc5e]

Bro there is no strong evidence that he was tortured, go read the GQ article as they weren’t biased in their reporting

[@smithynoir9980]

​@@user-qp4cx6wc5e To return in the state he did, yeah, he was tortured. If not directly then still intentionally through gross negligence and mistreatment by authorities. Nobody gets that way without a cause, the most likely cause being North Korea's torturous treatment. Only tankies question if NK commits the human rights abuse that it does.

[@renn3014]

This is so sad. I have never heard of this young man before. It is so devastating to see the difference. A bright, vivacious graduate with his whole life ahead of him who is very outspoken…. To a broken, brain damaged young man who looks frail and can’t talk. This is absolutely gut wrenching. I pray for him and his family. So sad he passed

[@WillyCurry3]

*WOMP WOMP*

[@COELACANTHofficial]

​​@@WillyCurry3 I'd love to send you to North Korea. Lowlife.

[@terrenceolivido741]

to be the parents having fought to get him back and have him arrive like that. I think if i was the mother i might have died right there.

[@seandelap8587]

Perhaps not going to NK in the first place is the best way to survive being captured

[@thatguymatt5816]

Goted comment

[@AriesDragon]

Absolutely

[@swaggery]

I don't blame him. He was one of thousands that went there with nothing happening to them. Just be aware if your country has no sway over the authoritarian countries you want to visit, you have to accept those could be your last days as a free person.

[@roblavalle7800]

So true North Korea is not some place to go

[@goododays1812]

Chin* too

[@Meerkat234]

The fact that the website is still up and planning tours to north korea, is just CRAZY to me!?!?! I mean do those people have zero dignity?! They should shut the whole website down in favor of naive teens.

[@Wildman-zh8lg]

They don't care they're getting paid

[@lilyr7221]

Why would anyone want to go there is beyond me… knowing how awful this country treats their own citizens! It’s the most dangerous place to visit!

[@speedfreak8200]

Why the hell did Dennis Rodman ever go there and hang out with Kim Young Mung ?

[@ulrikjensen6841]

The sight alone of the enormous, broad and empty highways built for military parades only - sickening.

[@emeraldvenus]

It's not that unusual for many young men to dare to take certain risks. Their testosterone levels are higher when they are young. It's a shame he thought that he could get away with disregarding the rules while being in a barbaric and dangerous country. Removing a sign/poster seems so harmless and the punishment certainly did not fit the crime. I can't imagine the torture he endured which resulted in permanent brain damage and death. They had no mercy for this young man. It's sad that he had to be the example for anyone deciding to visit NK who might think that taking a sign is a minor thing. The 5th floor was forbidden to any tourists or visitors and that there should be a red flag when you're in NK territory. So sad. RIP Otto.

[@ottohumpmachine8958]

South Korea is worse.

[@ryannt]

Well... mostly for bragging. I know ppl who have gone and they wouldn't stop talking about their trips... i guess it's similar to ppl climbing mt everest

[@GunKleebo]

Rest in peace. Value your life, everyone. Sometimes it's better to be safe than sorry.

[@cjames9320]

There is no peace in hell :(

[@stopcrueltyagainstanimals2578]

I visited NK in 2014 with young pioneers, the same company as the unfortunate Otto. The tour leader made it very clear not to do anything stupid or disrespect the leaders. As well as the Chinese guide, there were two North Korean guides, and another governmental man, checking that the tour guides didn't say or do anything you shouldn't do, also all our electronic devices were taken from us when we entered NK, and they were taken into a room and checked, they were also checked when we left and also our photos were scrutinized, and any they didn't approve of, we were asked to delete. That should give you some idea of how serious they are in protecting the honour of their leaders and how you should behave accordingly. Otto definitely didn't deserve his fate or punishment, but you are NOT in Kansas anymore!

[@BarfingGerbil]

One should understand that if they ever find themselves in NK for any reason, they are in an area controlled by violent, psychotic, murderous, intensely-paranoid evil people and their regime. As such, in NK, they (like the citizens) are ALWAYS in danger and the regime ALWAYS perceives them as an enemy and mortal threat to them (hence the 24/7 surveillance). Otto forgot where he was and didn't realize (until too late) how evil these people are.

[@zaytime4156]

Bruh if you have to do all that on a tour which is technically a Vacation then nobody should be “touring” that place at all

[@Sally237-s4w]

Ur mad going out there .

[@german-americanmapping6766]

I love how Americans think they can go anywhere and never be punished while breaking the law and disrespecting people

[@mathewrussell926]

@@german-americanmapping6766 We don't all believe that, oh enlightened generalizer.

[@JJFrance]

At least Trump demanded the release of this young man. Meanwhile we don't hear anything about the Americans being held by Hamas. Shameful.

[@IlayShriki]

🇮🇱👏🏼

[@PinkiePie45838283734666o9]

Trump actually complimented Jim Jong un

[@TumbleMedia1]

Yes, he should not have gone to N Korea. But there was no US travel ban in place at the time. This came afterwards. But what they did to him is disgusting. US citizens are held in other countries, usually as a bargaining tool, like Russia and Iran, but how often have we seen cases where they are returned in a vegetative state? NK leadership is devoid of even the most basic principles of humanity.

[@valvihk3649]

Russia? No. I know several Americans who moved there and had great lives. Do not compare Russia and Iran to North Korea. US been stealing Iranian oil for decades but still people there are not committed to runaway from their government like North Korea, they want to get away from American bombing that social media doesn't talk about much.

[@TumbleMedia1]

@valvihk3649 re read what I wrote and then tell me where I compared NK to Russia or Iran. I said that prisoners are used as bargaining tools. No? So what happened with the recent prisoner exchange between Russia and USA? What happens when Iran released prisoners over the years? An exchange. The release of prisoners usually for the release of money associated with oil tankers seized by US.

[@LuKiSCraft]

@@valvihk3649 You must have misread his comment LOL

[@llll8082]

agree ​@@valvihk3649

[@sns5470]

As if the US government has any basic principles of humanity. What the US is doing is much worse

[@SilkyEnchilada]

I am just going to throw this out there, and say that:...just because you like North Korea, does not mean that North Korea cares about you.

[@IAmJaguarPaw.ThisIsMyForest.]

Just like the Democrat party.

[@helpanimals-]

@@IAmJaguarPaw.ThisIsMyForest. Just like the Trump party that so obvious they don't

[@dan6442]

@@helpanimals- We like you fine. We would like you to engage your brain.

[@QuadrupleJMontage]

@@dan6442ooof, id say that’s out of pocket but he clearly has brain rot lmao

[@Feeeshsticksfn]

Why are americans so crazy about politics i dont where hats with richie sunak on them. Or boris johnson

[@JEmpireQueen]

This is awful. He suffered unimaginable pain before he ever really got to experience the joys that life has to offer. And his parents…I can’t imagine.

[@murrayshekelberg9754]

He lacked the common sense to survive. There is nothing that happened that he did not choose

[@frozynsummer645]

This poor man, why would they even market a trip to North Korea as a party tour. Absolute insanity, he had no idea what was coming. The others are so lucky they made it home safely

[@Circassiangurl2002]

The fact that he received all of that torture for a poster is beyond me

[@R0TB]

coz the rule set by their supreme leader android 19 wannabe is ridiculous!!!

[@JAM661]

Well the people in the group said they were back in the hotel yet when the video suppose to show him doing it. Also you cannot reconize the person in video because it is so dark and blurry. He did not do it.

[@nassplease]

these people dont value human life, so he shouldn't even have touched it at all.

[@theallseeingkats6321]

Android 19🤪

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

Because he was an American too, and they wanted to teach the US a lesson!

[@doloresryan3731]

I will never understand why anyone would go to N. Korea.

[@fanuelcui1109]

Because you never understand the notion of "probability". Prior to the pandemic, 130,000 tourists visited North Korea every single year. Of the millions of tourists who ever set foot in North Korea in recent decades, how many were arrested and found dead while in custody? Literarily ONLY ONE - Otto Warmbier. There was literarily NEVER a second case. So the fatality is literally

[@Nevada_Dan]

Darwin Award winners all.

[@Natsuke1104]

Some people thinks every bad thing about NK is just lies to prevent you from experiencing paradise on earth. Lmao

[@overtaxed3628]

If we take into account his travels and the countries he visited, it is obvious that Otto is a kind of wannabe communist, but one who does not want to give up all the benefits of capitalism and democracy. Maybe he should have stopped researching communism after Cuba and Hong Kong, but apparently that wasn't enough, so he had to go to North Korea, and in the end he realized that he had gone too far. There are a lot of people like him in the West, an easy life and a lot of sponsors for such a life, but after all these excessive comforts in the end, tragedies like this happen.

[@lostcat9lives322]

Because it is a forbidden land.

[@divermike8943]

Totalitarianism should be feared worldwide and it must be believed that it could happen where you live, given enough time and public apathy.

[@osakeleto]

people cant see beyond their house. they dont bother to know these things because, why would they? it doesnt affect them.. celebrities and trends are actually important though

[@thatElene]

Yes. Read 1984 by George Orwell

[@MixedRaceAndProud1690]

@divermike - it is already happening in the West now

[@johnsky1732]

The left wants it so bad 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@RedArrow808]

Sounds like America

[@ManchesterUnitedSupporter1]

My grandparents visited North Korea in the 2000s and they said it was one of the worst places they’ve ever visited, and they’ve been to a LOT of dangerous countries Rest in peace Otto

[@Jomo-x6n]

Let's see... You're a US citizen. Your country is in a cold war with North Korea. You have been warned by your country not to visit North Korea. You ignored the warning. What do you expect?

[@jonathanmcclain2002]

Exactly

[@gr8-fun162]

Correction. The war is not a cold war per se. An armistice was signed in 1953 that ceased hostilities but it was not a peace treaty agreement officially ending the war. South Korea did not sign it. The war is still, to this day, an active war. The only reason there isn't activity is because all sides are still honoring the cease hostilities armistice.

[@lthatovoxo]

Facts

[@ThePainkiller9995]

"but what was she wearing though"

[@frankpaya690]

Some people are taught to look at the world through rose-colored glasses and they wind up Growing Up So open-minded- that their brains fall out.

[@truegemrn]

I will never ever forget this story.

[@AliMozafari-wm9zw]

Who Cares 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@truegemrn]

@@AliMozafari-wm9zw What’s wrong with you?

[@AliMozafari-wm9zw]

@@truegemrn Nothing ! You Comment sound little Wired ..that's why I laughed... Actually it doesn't matter, if u forget or Cry 24/7.. People dieing everyday... Or maybe you are Jews... The Jews always saying, We Will never forget 1945..😂🤣

[@Freddy_Confetti]

@@AliMozafari-wm9zwyour mom is a man

[@skincarerainbow4950]

​@@truegemrnhe is a Muslim. His reaction is obvious

[@EvonneLindiwe]

I feel so much pain for his parents. This young Man didnt deserve to die 😞💔

[@luckydario1219]

Death is one thing, but torture is something far worse. They rearranged his teeth with pliers. Imagine the horror of experiencing that.

[@joys8634]

​@@luckydario1219why go to North Korea 😂😂😂

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Thank you for the video and information. But please, these totally unrelated pics and clips mixed with actual real footage are totally unnecessary and confusing

[@Edwin-fb7my]

Seeing this kid happy while in America...breaks my heart.

[@gi7685]

Dumbass shoulda stayed in america and stay happy instead of going there. His own fault. Who tf even goes to that shithole

[@vegasimp]

Why

[@Cloudyyyy88]

@@vegasimpWdym why… have a think…

[@vegasimp]

@@Cloudyyyy88 why would he be happy in usa vs a dictatorship

[@jr9655]

Now imagine a black american being murdered by a cop in his own country. Wait, you don't have to imagine that. It happens everyday

[@1027sterling]

It's hard to believe the entire group could be so carefree and joking around while being in NK, considering all that we know goes on there.

[@ArtU4All]

So in agreement with you…. Considering what we know. Considering what has been discussed about NK in the media. New Year’s or not, you are being watched, and if your disposition is not respectful enough or even not somber enough, you are a suspect and quickly - the enemy. Just horrific lesson about young people taking the American way extremely lightly and taking it for granted, completely disregarding the horrors of the NK way.

[@petergilkes7082]

@@1027sterling Considering what you pretend to know you mean.

[@budzterr6186]

Unbelievable - I feel terrible for his family. He looked like a bright young man with a promising future. RIP

[@topspot4834]

I'd rather be dead than go to a North Korean labor camp ... Why would anyone go is mind boggling.

[@TYNEPUNK]

just booked a holiday to a north korean labor camp, thought it might be nice for the summer, no?

[@TexanforHarrisWalz]

Omg, I had NO idea he came home like that and the he only survived a week after getting home. This is heartbreaking, for real. That young man was beaten early on, probably as soon as he went to prison. Poor Otto😢

[@jamesaustralian9829]

You can thank Donald Dump and his idiotic rhetoric towards NK for the prisoner being returned in that condition.

[@trollmagnet8265]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@nonni139]

His parents decided to end his life after only one week. I think his older brother is in the military and Otto was an athlete in school. Some parents are hoping for the best, no matter what. His parent seems to be succesful, so for them he was nothing after he came back in the vegetative state as he was.

[@miapdx503]

They made sure he couldn't tell the world what they did, what he saw...truly a horrific crime.

[@dan6442]

"No definitive signs of torture or physical abuse found". Quotation from the video itself. Bottom line is that visiting another country is a bad idea. Pathogens are different and you have no immunity to them.

[@DawnOldham]

My condolences to his parents, family and friends. Such a tragedy.

[@フ乇キキ尺リムレ-w1r]

His intonation and body language during the confession shows that he was coached by his koeryan interrogator on how to confess - they would have thought that his flat intonation wouldn't sound realistic and convincing, so they would have thought to teach their ways - koeryan intonation for confessing and apologizing.

[@NeverlandSystemAngel]

"It is considered a totalitarian dictatorship." CONSIDERED?! Are you kidding me?! CONSIDERED?!

[@Phoebe5448]

NK is 1984 in real life, and even then, it makes Oceania look like a playground in comparison.

[@MeanzProductionz]

It's just a formal way of speaking. Stop being so emotional. It is considered a dictatorship

[@Goodiesfanful]

It wouldn’t surprise me if Otto’s coma was the result of torture, but they took care to use methods that would not leave obvious traces on his body.

[@gallyi7392]

I believe he was injected with poison.

[@gyanf]

Like in Guatanamo Bay?

[@Goodiesfanful]

@@gyanf Like in Guantanamo Bay? I imagine so. ☹️

[@tracesprite6078]

Yes, waterboarding has been used in Guantanamo Bay which is an utter disgrace on the nation of America. Please close GB.

[@MaryReese-oy8is]

Are you blind?

[@mikeyswift2010]

I spent a weekend with this kid at University of Virginia. He lived with my friend briefly. Super crazy.

[@arijones9564]

Otto was crazy, or the weekend was crazy? Which one?

[@sorrowfulvixxx]

​@@arijones9564neither. the fact that he spent a weekend with otto is the crazy thing. reading comprehension is a good skill to have.

[@arijones9564]

​@@sorrowfulvixxx Writing clarity is also a good thing to have.

[@jpesicka492]

@@sorrowfulvixxxYeah, I guess we need to use context clues for basic comments now. Super crazy.

[@ld6433]

This is super crazy.

[@zappababe8577]

Poor guy. I dread to think what he suffered through, to get into the terrible state he returned in.

[@wesleybilly8097]

Channel named "How to survive". He did not. This is my first video here. I have subscribed.

[@fredstone4395]

"Waterboarding is illegal internationally" Government laughing intensifies

[@dan6442]

North Korean smiles at your rules.

[@poppyaustin7315]

Using cluster bombs is illegal too, but Americans sent it to Ukraine and yesterday they were killing Russian civilians on the beach of Crimea. There are many now who is laughing on "illegal".

[@triarb5790]

​@@dan6442 so does the US.

[@dan6442]

@@triarb5790 If that helps you sleep at night.

[@rccola6779]

I thought the same thing

[@tasha3757]

What happened to Otto is so incredibly sad. It’s likely he didn’t even escape his room too, and didn’t steal the portrait.

[@chevy4x466]

Otto was likely a spy. Think about it

[@davidlee9411]

I’m sure he stole it

[@UltraMella]

I also don’t believe he did anything or even tried to take the poster cause why did the officials not arrest him immediately? They definitely had 24 hour surveillance on him the whole time the tour group was there. What happened to him just breaks my heart.

[@probrickgamer]

​@davidlee9411 he didnt steal it. He is tall the footage is of a short guy and the video shows the person who did it showed a suspiciously high amount of respect to the photo when taking it down

[@kosztaz87]

@@davidlee9411 Not very bright, are you? Have you watched the video? There are way too many signs that it was staged.

[@arvi8843]

I don't see appeal in NK as a tourist when it's very well known most sceneries and the way people lived were staged. Other than thrill and maybe bragging, there's no point to go to NK.

[@anarchyintheusa4443]

People care more about clout than their own lives

[@DanMorgan-bh5fv]

Go ask the same people who summit K2 these questions.

[@renemejias1842]

You have probably never listened to Moranbong band then. Or seen the amazing choreography of the parades and stadium shows.

[@arvi8843]

@@renemejias1842 I did. There's a lot of NK documentary in YT. There's even documentaries of some citizens journey to escape NK, the routes they took and the political climate of surrounding countries that if they got caught they will be returned to NK. It would be very awkward to enjoy watching a parade knowing people aren't treated well and under a totalitarian style of government. It's all for show.

[@keithbentley6081]

No point in going. Do you see how the language works dummy? It has to flow.

[@DomenicoV-j6d]

510 million Dollar sue and expecting a foreign country to pay is soemthing so dumb that it can inly exist in america.

[@gutz1982]

This is what happens when we stopped making movies like "Midnight Express" and "Bangkok Hilton". My mum made it almost mandatory for us to watch those film to put the fear into us kids.

[@Rycet]

Midnight Express was such a great movie

[@jazpes.u5875]

what a terrible mother... sorry

[@poetryofcinema6957]

​@@jazpes.u5875Not terrible at all. Just showing how cruel the world can be, which everyone should know to be on alert and not be naive and get trapped due to ignorance

[@gutz1982]

@@jazpes.u5875 Well, if it stops me from making the dumb mistake this clown did by going to a place like NK and doing stupid sh!t like this guy, then she did something better than his mother.

[@gutz1982]

@@poetryofcinema6957 Thank you.

[@kenobi133]

I cant even imagine the amount of pain he had to endure that his body gave up after a week of return 😢 RIP.

[@Acesmcnugget]

Love how these stories keep happening and nobody is ever held accountable. 8 years later and still no justice for Otto. This world is disgusting.

[@yungmentalproblems]

It's north Korea duh lol

[@Hbkgizmo]

Who do you want to be held accountable? Lol he stole something and got punished. You want war with North Korean because of this guy’s mistake?

[@dostoyevsky7319]

Go to north Korea and tell them how upset and disappointed you are with them. I'm sure they will listen

[@stealthis]

it's why they have nukes. nukes is why nobody touches them

[@rfc3133]

Justice, how? Are you going there to argue your case?

[@southerntiger3107]

Too bad! As a parent, my heart breaks for the parents I'm sure felt so helpless in this situation- what a sad story. I don't understand why any American would go to any hostile country to the USA.

[@USJTAC]

I distinctly remember guys in my unit talking about a hostage rescue. It wouldn’t have made sense for this type of operation. It wasn’t like he was just kidnapped. He voluntarily entered one of the most secluded and reclusive countries in world history.

[@ELTABULLO]

Ok

[@keekers]

Aren't you glad you're perfect and never made mistakes?

[@USJTAC]

@@keekers I’m not perfect by any means - but I am also not going to do something as stupid as this and put myself in that situation.

[@jonislow]

Guess you don't believe in OPSEC. 😂😂

[@USJTAC]

@@jonislow It was just a conversation lol. There was nothing about it that made it classified or anything that would go against our security clearances. It was no different than other SOF that also spoke about stuff like this, hypothetically, of course. Haha

[@bmichael8187]

People don't take international warnings seriously. Also, if you make a decision to go somewhere like that, you have to watch every step you make and make no waves at all including no drinking. I've been to that region many times for work and travel and would NEVER go to North Korea. It's so foolish.

[@wiseonwords]

I also hold that unscrupulous travel agency that lured him into visiting North Korea responsible. They are scum! Otto's family should have sued them too.

[@vparakhin]

What warnings? North Korea has been a Communist slaughter-house for 70 years. A person has to be suicidal to go there. Otto didn't value his life at all.

[@rrrogster]

Especially "entitled" Americans who think they rule the world and they are immune and can ignore the laws of other countries I have lived and worked in several sketchy places in the world,for extended periods of time, always being very careful to be highly respectful of local culture, laws, and most importantly how things really are. When Americans show up as tourists there are often incidents. The typical "ugly American" is alive and well. Incidentally I would ever ever ever go to several countries for any reason and DPRK is at the top of that list.

[@meatyboy8811]

I think this was preplanned. They used otto as a leverage tool.

[@vparakhin]

@@meatyboy8811 Who used Otto? To leverage what?

[@Stupidname909]

I used to humor the idea of going to North Korea just to see how much it is really the way they say, then THIS happened, and I stopped joking about it. I've met kids from China in school, and told me that no matter how bad I think NK is- it's worse than that.

[@earldriskill3505]

The Chinese kids are right. I've watched some documentaries on N Korea. It's a nightmare concerning the evil that is committed there.

[@jamesrecknor6752]

A glorious, revolutionary, God hating atheist government. What could go wrong?

[@HowToSurviveShow]

Yeah - not really funny after learning this story!

[@sebastianconstantin5176]

many youtubers been there since this incident and nothing happened.

[@ingridgallagher1029]

​​@@sebastianconstantin5176still, spending your money on visiting such a horrifically anti humanitarian regime is beyond unethical. Even if nothing happens to you there is a plethora of other very good reasons not to go.

[@richardkeilig4062]

My God. He suffered. Communists have no mercy, and people need to remember this outrage.