Unless you’re part of an army going to liberate that madhouse.
@davidallen3464 ай бұрын
Korean people are A-holes
@socialdistancejusticewarri85334 ай бұрын
Right up there on my list with Pakistan and Somalia.
@Learn-gs4ed4 ай бұрын
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.
@rrrogster3 ай бұрын
By who? Why? We live in a woke world and closing them would be racist!!
@GoodWitchIntuitiveTarot3 ай бұрын
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-nv9kd3 ай бұрын
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-nv9kd3 ай бұрын
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-nv9kd3 ай бұрын
Boo Hoo 😂. First stop your atrocities across the globe.
@sks47284 ай бұрын
Question is... WHY WOULD YOU VISIT NORTH KOREA?!?!
@lincolnyaco56264 ай бұрын
INDEED!
@swampgod82444 ай бұрын
Question is, why is he touching things that is obviously not his?!
@amishgoatmilker4 ай бұрын
@@swampgod8244 it was disproved.. in the video
@sunfire3694 ай бұрын
When you are a spy?
@downsouth43454 ай бұрын
@@swampgod8244 we know north Korea wouldn't lie. They tortured him, then sent him to his parents brain dead.
@Lurker_AboveАй бұрын
I find it hard to believe the family turned down an autopsy.
@derric2379Ай бұрын
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.
@t4t359Ай бұрын
Who believes this ridiculous story?
@TDK67DKАй бұрын
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.
@t4t359Ай бұрын
@@TDK67DK I'm thinking some ridiculous CIA fiasco. And/or... Didn't his family have CIA ties?
@TDK67DKАй бұрын
@@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.aardwolf36444 ай бұрын
This is why I'm never, ever setting foot in North Korea.
@Senee6284 ай бұрын
This is why i travel only in Azeroth instead.
@TrembleB4Me4 ай бұрын
Idiotic country,idiotic fat president who enslave all its citizens,all in that country sucks
@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY4 ай бұрын
Americans, South Koreans, Malaysian and Israelis cannot visit North Korea
@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY4 ай бұрын
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_dowboosh4 ай бұрын
The funniest part that Putin has recently been to the North Korea. They are now allies.
@Ephesians-xt4xc3 ай бұрын
Sometimes when people grow up in a rich, sheltered, insulated environment, they think the whole world will be just as safe.
@JustChill-zd4ib3 ай бұрын
It was safe before he did something wrong. You don't break law in north korea apparently. Very strict.
@Ephesians-xt4xc3 ай бұрын
Or their parents will get them out of any jam
@basstard46393 ай бұрын
You hit the nail square on the head
@PeaceBeStill-3 ай бұрын
Exactly 🎯
@linanicolia13633 ай бұрын
Evidently, it was the case with Otto. He was arrogant. It cost him his life.
@TheEvilTwinCG23 ай бұрын
Suing N. Korea for $500mil is like suing any random homeless person you see on the streets.
@telmesomethinidk3 ай бұрын
THERES NO SUCH THING AS SUING. UR OFF AMERICAN LANDS. YOUR IN THE WILD. THE JUNGLE
@gin20643 ай бұрын
@@telmesomethinidkno shit sherlock 🤦
@Quinnnard3 ай бұрын
@@telmesomethinidkwtf are you saying, take your schizo pills
@johnathancampbell10563 ай бұрын
America captured a transport ship and sold off the items and gave the money to his family
@carlosfernandez58333 ай бұрын
@@johnathancampbell1056besides that and seizing a North Korean bank’s assets, do you know of what other ways they’ve helped repay his family?
@amykirchmann8374Ай бұрын
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.
@SOLDOZER26 күн бұрын
FACT: Visiting North Korea is safer than visiting the USA, Europe or Africa
@fal221826 күн бұрын
thats rich comming from someone from a country who their citizens bully their k-pop idols to harm theselves
@SOLDOZER26 күн бұрын
Going on a tour of North Korea is safer than going on a tour of Oakland.
@lokifrostpaw29764 күн бұрын
@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.
@fal22184 күн бұрын
@@lokifrostpaw2976 my point about their kpop idols stands
@McZachary443 ай бұрын
You left out the part where the US put a travel ban to North Korea, and that ban is still in place today
@chamanlal85502 ай бұрын
But I see many people going there and that's Americans to
@colton49002 ай бұрын
@@chamanlal8550most more than likely have dual citizenship bro
@tuannguyenquoc55152 ай бұрын
Do u even need a ban? Like who tf in their right mind would go there 💀
@SmallSpoonBrigade2 ай бұрын
@@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-p7l2 ай бұрын
You have to be very stupid to go sightseeing in North Korea
@우사민-r3c3 ай бұрын
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.
@missk16973 ай бұрын
How would you even fact check that?
@dmar36513 ай бұрын
@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.
@tommaybe78543 ай бұрын
@@missk1697 just go there yourself and find out
@mathewrussell9263 ай бұрын
@@missk1697 Tankie
@adamjacksonmedia3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@DVanO4264 ай бұрын
They didn't want him to talk, so they made sure he wouldn't. What a sad story. Pray for Otto and his family.
@origamikami34863 ай бұрын
Nah, don’t go to NK
@Spoiled_horsegirl3 ай бұрын
I wonder what they did to him
@kdizzle9013 ай бұрын
He never should of gone
@AE-pv9vc3 ай бұрын
Good observation. Makes sense
@samuraidoggy3 ай бұрын
@@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!!!
@davedammitt7691Ай бұрын
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.
@WarPigstheHunАй бұрын
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_Ай бұрын
God shelters His
@JimD77Ай бұрын
@@ketie_ Bingo, no one can die before their appointed and foreordained time.
@ketie_Ай бұрын
@@JimD77 there’s a thing called untimely death n it’s real…
@Yesica1993Ай бұрын
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.
@ricogodfatha85733 ай бұрын
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.
@SmallSpoonBrigade3 ай бұрын
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.
@maladyofdeath3 ай бұрын
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.
@solisinvictus42383 ай бұрын
And the lady tourist seems a bit amused by this imo
@MiraTheWarlock3 ай бұрын
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
@turkeyman6313 ай бұрын
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!
@michaelhodge21044 ай бұрын
Sad story. I don't understand why any American would go to any hostile country to the USA.
@asrr624 ай бұрын
Some people have no limit of what they THINK they can do but physically can't.
@Catmom-gl5nt3 ай бұрын
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.
@michaelhodge21043 ай бұрын
@Catmom-gl5nt WOW! Russia, North Korea, Most of the Middle East are completely off of my travel destinations.
@Catmom-gl5nt3 ай бұрын
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.
@michaelhodge21043 ай бұрын
@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 .
@vparakhin3 ай бұрын
He was tortured to death. It's obvious to everyone.
@mountainclimber19993 ай бұрын
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.
@DiscoStfu3 ай бұрын
actually he died because his parents had his feeding tube removed
@MrElectricSkittles3 ай бұрын
Yup, but just about not enough to keep him alive, so they can say they didn't kill him.. plain and simple
@lettiegrant94473 ай бұрын
He sure was.
@OhAwe3 ай бұрын
Taught by the best (CIA).
@JL-xg7xbАй бұрын
Thank you for keeping his memory alive
@iamwolfeia3 ай бұрын
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.
@UberVike3 ай бұрын
He doesn't know because he is dead.
@petergilkes70823 ай бұрын
"...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!
@tipperny763 ай бұрын
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
@xanlysphynx88393 ай бұрын
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
@Flyinghigh35973 ай бұрын
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?
@bobcatrdh2 ай бұрын
As a parent my heart breaks for the parents who Im sure felt so helpless in this situation. A terrible injustice.
@arabianwarrior7177Ай бұрын
north korea apologized for the sleeping pill mishap that no one could have predicted. mistakes happen and we need to accept heartfelt apologies.
@4amcrippleАй бұрын
@@arabianwarrior7177and that's bull. That's not the truth at all. It was a complete lie
@richardlew3667Ай бұрын
@@arabianwarrior7177It's absurd that you actually still believe that BS.
@gamercat8Ай бұрын
@@arabianwarrior7177filthy statement by the devil
@nomikomiАй бұрын
@@arabianwarrior7177 bot?
@hollies58414 ай бұрын
Imagine what atrocities the citizens face if this is what they do to a visitor. RIP Otto.
@jazminmiller10713 ай бұрын
That’s what I keep thinking about the citizens are all alone constantly living in fear
@neilsullada3853 ай бұрын
He wasn't their visitor just their example
@Hithere-dc2qx3 ай бұрын
While that is true, it seems like many of them are brainwashed to the core. Unless they are all faking it
@murphytremble78453 ай бұрын
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-ix7mu3 ай бұрын
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
@il2673Ай бұрын
I would never visit an enemy of us. That's crazy.
@joshuaquinn-kb1nvАй бұрын
Loser with no dad lore speaking
@Rudi_Mentary723Ай бұрын
White men from the west had already made enemies when the crossed east into Asia. They should've never come.
@paulhomsy275125 күн бұрын
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-r1t17 күн бұрын
@@paulhomsy2751 I do not think that torturing a foreigner to a half death state is a part of Korean culture.
@wh_kers12 күн бұрын
@@DominicBenny-r1tthis is not a soft country. court danger & pay the results
@BGBPW4 ай бұрын
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.
@kymo63434 ай бұрын
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...
@susannpatton28934 ай бұрын
They do not like American people Nor the lack of discipline that American people have. No kids running crazy screaming over there
@BlkSheepLoneWolf4 ай бұрын
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.
@HaveCommonSense764 ай бұрын
Actions have consequences
@monopthalmoss4 ай бұрын
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
@DigitaIJustice2 ай бұрын
It’s horrible what humans can do to each other
@Sonnx7oj2 ай бұрын
The same humans that would beg for there life if they where in the same position
@The_Middle_The2 ай бұрын
❤️
@MaryanaBarbosa-p7l2 ай бұрын
You have to be very stupid to go sightseeing in North Korea
@NjD....2 ай бұрын
God plz forgive us. 😓
@MaryanaBarbosa-p7l2 ай бұрын
@@NjD.... Only stupid people go to North Korea for tourism and still steal things from there
@13gladius284 ай бұрын
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.
@hossosplitternacken78194 ай бұрын
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
@jacobhoffman25534 ай бұрын
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
@jcbbb4 ай бұрын
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
@bradsanders4074 ай бұрын
Lol thats that good ole "freedom" the usa is always jackassing on about but has never actually experienced it.
@13gladius284 ай бұрын
@@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
@midnytevega2777Ай бұрын
There's a reason why your mother doesn't want you going places like north Korea. Otto deserves justice
@mariabrown6926Ай бұрын
He committed a crime in a strict foreign country. What did he expect?
@melissahanna28154 ай бұрын
This has always broken my heart. His cries of pain and suffering were heard and I’ve never forgotten this poor man
@amandamccormick50094 ай бұрын
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.
@absiyehassan364 ай бұрын
He did that to himself! He stole
@gonzalopanizza4 ай бұрын
@@absiyehassan36 i feel bad for you having that negative IQ
@joprocter45734 ай бұрын
Obama didn't bother to visit NK to encourage openness..trade.talks to release usa citizen
@PannBM-yv1rm4 ай бұрын
He shouldn’t do that but their punishment is also too extreme.
@sallyboeras79964 ай бұрын
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!
@sazure24 ай бұрын
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."""""""""""""""
@galenmerrick4 ай бұрын
Like the U.S.?
@ifensler4 ай бұрын
US government has never lied or spread propaganda😂😂
@ulucio863 ай бұрын
@@galenmerricktell me your brainwashed without telling me your brainwashed.
@brucebaldwinson63163 ай бұрын
@@galenmerrickShut up you idiot !!!
@mariadegan1029Ай бұрын
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😔
@yettiluch1Ай бұрын
❤
@suzy1407Ай бұрын
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.
@unsteadyhandlebarАй бұрын
@@suzy1407nah, keep it to urself
@aladdout9454Ай бұрын
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
@slimjimjimslim5923Ай бұрын
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"
@thomass863Ай бұрын
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.
@kylermelson6712Ай бұрын
How was your experience when you went? What made you chose North Korea to visit?
@thomass863Ай бұрын
@@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.
@NotRenjiro6 күн бұрын
@@thomass863 Would you be willing to share more of your experiences?
@thomass8634 күн бұрын
@@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.
@Goodiesfanful4 ай бұрын
Poor Otto. I hope he’s resting in peace now.
@rickeedavenport17384 ай бұрын
He’s the dummy for going!
@elwaadabdilkadir4 ай бұрын
@@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??
@HowToSurviveShow4 ай бұрын
RIP Otto🌹
@Peekaboo-Kitty4 ай бұрын
@@rickeedavenport1738 It was his father's fault for encouraging him and financing his trip to North Korea.
@TrembleB4Me4 ай бұрын
@@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🤷
@vesuvio33644 ай бұрын
I don't understand why an American would travel to North Korea.
@counterweightshenanigans28084 ай бұрын
Liberals think every other culture is superior to ours.
@veronicababy79594 ай бұрын
He wanted to be special.
@aarondavis89434 ай бұрын
@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.
@OneTheBlue4 ай бұрын
@@veronicababy7959 Or maybe he had a sense of adventure. A very American quality.
@ihatecabbage72704 ай бұрын
@@OneTheBlue that's stupid, I am an American but I know the whole world want me dead for what we did in Iraq.
@GuitarGuru357-rz9eb3 ай бұрын
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.
@ellaelliott44153 ай бұрын
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).
@wannabecarguy3 ай бұрын
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_123 ай бұрын
@@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
@VWorldWide3 ай бұрын
Or Caving
@BlitzkriegFeuerFrei3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@iamsydneyyАй бұрын
Who in their right mind would want to visit such a place? Crazy
@MeanzProductionz24 күн бұрын
For the experience. It's a country like no other. Idiot
@joesites22504 ай бұрын
The worst things to do regarding N. Korea: #1: Do not go to North Korea. #2 If you have any questions, revert to #1
@ncapone874 ай бұрын
The worst thing to do is don't go to NK? I don't think that's what you mean
@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor4 ай бұрын
@@ncapone87the point is don't go there. It's like asking how do you get out of Hell once you go there
@ncapone874 ай бұрын
@@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor you're an SAT tutor and you couldn't see the double negative in the original comment? Holy shit
@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor4 ай бұрын
@@ncapone87 I actually saw it as a rhetorical device but thanks for the critique. Next time I'll pass your test. I promise. 👍
@ncapone874 ай бұрын
@@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor how is it rhetorical?
@anirbanrajkhowa96812 ай бұрын
Perhaps the chances of returning safely from a war zone is higher than returning safely from North Korea
@sandmantk49012 ай бұрын
fact
@CoolGobyFishАй бұрын
not really, lots people go to Korea. they even have a sky resort. just follow the rules. don't steal !!!
@bowiethechihuahuaАй бұрын
@@CoolGobyFish he was used as a bargaining tool holy crap do people not understand? he never did anything
@CoolGobyFishАй бұрын
@@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.
@thomaswright8165Ай бұрын
For those of you talking about visiting north korea you're insane Good luck
@alanmacdonald14573 ай бұрын
that girl smiling while she said "its the scariest place in the world" was one of the creepiest things iv seen in a while
@skincarerainbow49502 ай бұрын
I was actually thinking about the same thing. I was so damn taken aback by the reaction. It looked downright creepy.
@MEGABYSS2 ай бұрын
she gave me very strange vibes for real
@jonesjones70572 ай бұрын
I said the same thing too! That struck me as SO weird.
@amnbvcxz86502 ай бұрын
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__incognita2 ай бұрын
@@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.
@HandymancraftDIYАй бұрын
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”.
@samhughes68953 ай бұрын
“Party tour to North Korea” is wild
@phillipmckenzie44843 ай бұрын
Exactly 😢
@Solo-opiniones843 ай бұрын
Right crazy
@Solo-opiniones843 ай бұрын
I do believe he took the flyer but wow so sad evil of all evils
@Freddy_Confetti3 ай бұрын
Learn how to make comments that make it seem like you don’t have brain rot. Just like this kid.
@MarioSchlemmer-s5k2 ай бұрын
When he was in Israel he probably found the walls that inprisoned the palistinans pretty exciting.
@MrJRW13 ай бұрын
I can't even begin to imagine how terrified Otto must have been. He didn't deserve what happened to him.
@sfappetrupavelandrei3 ай бұрын
Sadly, stupidity is not an excuse for people from a totalitarian regime.
@JustChill-zd4ib3 ай бұрын
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.
@JokerLover1233 ай бұрын
@@JustChill-zd4ib What did he do wrong?
@JohnBock-nq9lr3 ай бұрын
Natural selection strikes again! Darwin genius award goes to......?
@jacquenanderson99573 ай бұрын
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 .
@heiliger10003 ай бұрын
He graduated from the same small high school I did about 15 years after me. This absolutely rocked the entire community. So very sad.
@jasonmurdoc95333 ай бұрын
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?
@rediron443 ай бұрын
@@jasonmurdoc9533 he wasn't sheltered. That's ignorant
@rololokosctrez82763 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@heathernikki57343 ай бұрын
@@rediron44 yes he absolutely was.
@lillianmarazas46773 ай бұрын
I was in Cincinnati when he was returned. It was very sad. I remember watching the funeral procession.
@sunnydae6602Ай бұрын
This is unbearably heartbreaking 💔
@thediamondprincechristian3 ай бұрын
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.
@patriziakusmierz11712 ай бұрын
I like your comment very much!
@rocren62462 ай бұрын
No spirit could be well in this fucked up world. No one can escape!
@cutetree72622 ай бұрын
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all Ecclesiastes 9:5
@ImGoingSupersonic2 ай бұрын
I do too, but he's dead. So he doesn't feel anything.
@ImGoingSupersonic2 ай бұрын
@@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?
@madeleine74114 ай бұрын
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.
@dan64424 ай бұрын
A wise decision on your part. Mexico is not a safe place. Your "rights" end when you leave the country.
@minkbach94524 ай бұрын
the cartel is the government
@b.wiggins7144 ай бұрын
I wouldn't go to Mexico now even with my own security team.
@AncientWaysHealing-zn2zb4 ай бұрын
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?
@oregonvibez4 ай бұрын
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.
@michellesartori66954 ай бұрын
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-Tianyou4 ай бұрын
Tbf they don't see us as an enemy as much as the Americans
@Goodiesfanful4 ай бұрын
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.
@Kopie08304 ай бұрын
I think they put him on solitary with little oxygen and water boarded him. Probably electrecuted him as well.
@Goodiesfanful4 ай бұрын
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.
@artemisiya15494 ай бұрын
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.
@Singularity2SingularityАй бұрын
thanks, didn't learn anything new, this has been covered already ...
@907-q7u3 ай бұрын
You can tell when the 2 N. Korean guards were walking him (supporting him), his legs/ankles were already injured. These people are sick.
@nisselarson32273 ай бұрын
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.
@farariri3 ай бұрын
@nisselarson3227 Right? There are no rights in that country, lol. Go outside kid and get some fresh air.
@marovlasic31673 ай бұрын
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_horsegirl3 ай бұрын
I wonder what they did to him? I heard they electrocuted him.
@sergeantchick28203 ай бұрын
@@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.
@BruceSeesall3 ай бұрын
They murdered him...the end.
@Anklespank3 ай бұрын
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
@Beardshire3 ай бұрын
and set it up and forced him to break their laws, but why?
@petergilkes70823 ай бұрын
@@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!
@Beardshire3 ай бұрын
@@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
@fivesix38523 ай бұрын
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-eye31343 ай бұрын
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
@wilmamanzanillo69683 ай бұрын
Why do north Koreans Torture people
@infinitejest4413 ай бұрын
Someone should write a book 😂
@hoppermantis76153 ай бұрын
Steak in a toaster? As in air fryer? Or bread?
@wasabi-in-my-eye31343 ай бұрын
@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
@lerm28663 ай бұрын
Don’t forget-every male over the age of 30 is a p*do
@Kpraveen135Ай бұрын
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.
@schmirgldecksСағат бұрын
How do you know he haven’t committed a crime?
@stephenbanks59523 ай бұрын
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.
@arfriedman45773 ай бұрын
I think the people in this section of NK are not poor. Theyre top picked people.
@TomikaKelly3 ай бұрын
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.
@thefelipevaldes3 ай бұрын
Well, there are people starving all over the world. Should we stop parting if there is someone in our cities living on the streets?
@stephenbanks59523 ай бұрын
@@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.
@angelsjoker81903 ай бұрын
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-g6w4 ай бұрын
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! 🙏
@truther6274 ай бұрын
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.
@dan64424 ай бұрын
You say you're an RN. You didn't examine him. From the video; "No definitive signs of torture or physical abuse found"
@CarolSchenkl4 ай бұрын
True. I heard his howling from the plane. As it landed. They tortured him in many ways.
@CarolSchenkl4 ай бұрын
@@dan6442there were reports that came out when he came back.
@April-xs9tk4 ай бұрын
@@dan6442RN here as well, she is absolutely correct in her interpretation of his physical assessment.
@llfm3190Ай бұрын
“For more survival stories” bruh this kid passed away
@paulievespucci6867Ай бұрын
Wdym? He got home alive. He survived N.Korea and died in the US soil 😂
@willwrite3675Ай бұрын
@@paulievespucci6867your brain is broken
@rjwoods2600Ай бұрын
Survived?
@Roddy556Ай бұрын
@@rjwoods2600for a week
@keilahdugan0613Ай бұрын
@@paulievespucci6867 lmao ur not wrong tho T_T
@loring4015Ай бұрын
Otto's story is heart-wrenching.
@kylebarvel4 ай бұрын
dont even think of planning a trip to north korea
@greatusername16684 ай бұрын
ill go
@thepanda10444 ай бұрын
@@greatusername1668And you'll be sent back in a coffin.
@Mikuinwifi4 ай бұрын
@@greatusername1668and that’s why you never responded
@RaymondScavenger4 ай бұрын
Unless if you go to north Korea You must have a official guide with you
@BenMonares4 ай бұрын
@@greatusername1668if you can’t handle Mexico, you cannot handle north korea
@nycdweller4 ай бұрын
His family should have allowed an autopsy
@psychonauty20204 ай бұрын
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
@gyanf4 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@tracesprite60784 ай бұрын
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.
@skynut384 ай бұрын
If dude was Jewish maybe it went against their religion to do an autopsy.
@annakaye16294 ай бұрын
@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.
@plasmodesma75694 ай бұрын
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.
@bluetextonwhitebg3 ай бұрын
it was banned shortly after this incident.
@johnmc38623 ай бұрын
@@bluetextonwhitebgIndeed
@rrrogster3 ай бұрын
Well that's not going to happen in our woke world. That would be labeled racist!!
@j.w.2133 ай бұрын
bro they literally pay their enemys xD
@TOU2AN4AL3 ай бұрын
@@j.w.213How so ?
@msl1689Ай бұрын
This is truly heartbreaking.
@jennygump92503 ай бұрын
They killed him because they don’t want him to tell to everybody what they did to him.
@pradieusmith6433 ай бұрын
So why did they do to him what they did to him?
@diaBTAS3 ай бұрын
@@pradieusmith643 okay congo man, because some country's governments actually have total control over anything and anyone in their country
@Sandra-1wiq3 ай бұрын
@@pradieusmith643To punish him for a seemingly innocent crime, that many believe he didn’t commit.
@user-qp4cx6wc5e3 ай бұрын
Bro there is no strong evidence that he was tortured, go read the GQ article as they weren’t biased in their reporting
@smithynoir99803 ай бұрын
@@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.
@renn30144 ай бұрын
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
@WillyCurry33 ай бұрын
*WOMP WOMP*
@COELACANTHofficial3 ай бұрын
@@WillyCurry3 I'd love to send you to North Korea. Lowlife.
@terrenceolivido7413 ай бұрын
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.
@seandelap85874 ай бұрын
Perhaps not going to NK in the first place is the best way to survive being captured
@thatguymatt58164 ай бұрын
Goted comment
@AriesDragon4 ай бұрын
Absolutely
@swaggery4 ай бұрын
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.
@roblavalle78004 ай бұрын
So true North Korea is not some place to go
@goododays18124 ай бұрын
Chin* too
@Meerkat23427 күн бұрын
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-zh8lg8 күн бұрын
They don't care they're getting paid
@lilyr72214 ай бұрын
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!
@speedfreak82004 ай бұрын
Why the hell did Dennis Rodman ever go there and hang out with Kim Young Mung ?
@ulrikjensen68414 ай бұрын
The sight alone of the enormous, broad and empty highways built for military parades only - sickening.
@emeraldvenus4 ай бұрын
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.
@ottohumpmachine89584 ай бұрын
South Korea is worse.
@ryannt3 ай бұрын
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
@GunKleeboАй бұрын
Rest in peace. Value your life, everyone. Sometimes it's better to be safe than sorry.
@cjames932019 күн бұрын
There is no peace in hell :(
@stopcrueltyagainstanimals25783 ай бұрын
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!
@BarfingGerbil3 ай бұрын
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.
@zaytime41563 ай бұрын
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-s4w3 ай бұрын
Ur mad going out there .
@german-americanmapping67662 ай бұрын
I love how Americans think they can go anywhere and never be punished while breaking the law and disrespecting people
@mathewrussell926Ай бұрын
@@german-americanmapping6766 We don't all believe that, oh enlightened generalizer.
@JJFranceАй бұрын
At least Trump demanded the release of this young man. Meanwhile we don't hear anything about the Americans being held by Hamas. Shameful.
@IlayShriki29 күн бұрын
🇮🇱👏🏼
@PinkiePie45838283734666o912 күн бұрын
Trump actually complimented Jim Jong un
@TumbleMedia12 ай бұрын
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.
@valvihk36492 ай бұрын
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.
@TumbleMedia12 ай бұрын
@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.
@LuKiSCraft2 ай бұрын
@@valvihk3649 You must have misread his comment LOL
@llll80822 ай бұрын
agree @@valvihk3649
@sns54702 ай бұрын
As if the US government has any basic principles of humanity. What the US is doing is much worse
@SilkyEnchilada2 ай бұрын
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.Ай бұрын
Just like the Democrat party.
@helpanimals-Ай бұрын
@@IAmJaguarPaw.ThisIsMyForest. Just like the Trump party that so obvious they don't
@dan6442Ай бұрын
@@helpanimals- We like you fine. We would like you to engage your brain.
@QuadrupleJMontageАй бұрын
@@dan6442ooof, id say that’s out of pocket but he clearly has brain rot lmao
@FeeeshsticksfnАй бұрын
Why are americans so crazy about politics i dont where hats with richie sunak on them. Or boris johnson
@JEmpireQueen4 ай бұрын
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.
@murrayshekelberg97544 ай бұрын
He lacked the common sense to survive. There is nothing that happened that he did not choose
@frozynsummer64527 күн бұрын
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
@Circassiangurl20024 ай бұрын
The fact that he received all of that torture for a poster is beyond me
@R0TB4 ай бұрын
coz the rule set by their supreme leader android 19 wannabe is ridiculous!!!
@JAM6614 ай бұрын
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.
@nassplease4 ай бұрын
these people dont value human life, so he shouldn't even have touched it at all.
@theallseeingkats63214 ай бұрын
Android 19🤪
@Peekaboo-Kitty4 ай бұрын
Because he was an American too, and they wanted to teach the US a lesson!
@doloresryan37314 ай бұрын
I will never understand why anyone would go to N. Korea.
@fanuelcui11094 ай бұрын
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_Dan4 ай бұрын
Darwin Award winners all.
@Natsuke11044 ай бұрын
Some people thinks every bad thing about NK is just lies to prevent you from experiencing paradise on earth. Lmao
@overtaxed36284 ай бұрын
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.
@lostcat9lives3224 ай бұрын
Because it is a forbidden land.
@divermike89433 ай бұрын
Totalitarianism should be feared worldwide and it must be believed that it could happen where you live, given enough time and public apathy.
@osakeleto3 ай бұрын
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
@thatElene3 ай бұрын
Yes. Read 1984 by George Orwell
@MixedRaceAndProud16903 ай бұрын
@divermike - it is already happening in the West now
@johnsky17323 ай бұрын
The left wants it so bad 🤷🏻♂️
@RedArrow8083 ай бұрын
Sounds like America
@ManchesterUnitedSupporter110 сағат бұрын
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-x6n3 ай бұрын
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?
@jonathanmcclain20023 ай бұрын
Exactly
@gr8-fun1623 ай бұрын
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.
@lthatovoxo3 ай бұрын
Facts
@ThePainkiller99953 ай бұрын
"but what was she wearing though"
@frankpaya6903 ай бұрын
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.
@truegemrn3 ай бұрын
I will never ever forget this story.
@AliMozafari-wm9zw3 ай бұрын
Who Cares 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
@truegemrn3 ай бұрын
@@AliMozafari-wm9zw What’s wrong with you?
@AliMozafari-wm9zw3 ай бұрын
@@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_Confetti3 ай бұрын
@@AliMozafari-wm9zwyour mom is a man
@skincarerainbow49502 ай бұрын
@@truegemrnhe is a Muslim. His reaction is obvious
@EvonneLindiwe3 ай бұрын
I feel so much pain for his parents. This young Man didnt deserve to die 😞💔
@luckydario12193 ай бұрын
Death is one thing, but torture is something far worse. They rearranged his teeth with pliers. Imagine the horror of experiencing that.
@joys86343 ай бұрын
@@luckydario1219why go to North Korea 😂😂😂
@mathildewesendonck7225Ай бұрын
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-fb7my4 ай бұрын
Seeing this kid happy while in America...breaks my heart.
@gi76854 ай бұрын
Dumbass shoulda stayed in america and stay happy instead of going there. His own fault. Who tf even goes to that shithole
@vegasimp4 ай бұрын
Why
@Cloudyyyy884 ай бұрын
@@vegasimpWdym why… have a think…
@vegasimp4 ай бұрын
@@Cloudyyyy88 why would he be happy in usa vs a dictatorship
@jr96554 ай бұрын
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
@1027sterling3 ай бұрын
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.
@ArtU4All3 ай бұрын
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.
@petergilkes70823 ай бұрын
@@1027sterling Considering what you pretend to know you mean.
@budzterr61863 ай бұрын
Unbelievable - I feel terrible for his family. He looked like a bright young man with a promising future. RIP
@topspot4834Ай бұрын
I'd rather be dead than go to a North Korean labor camp ... Why would anyone go is mind boggling.
@TYNEPUNKАй бұрын
just booked a holiday to a north korean labor camp, thought it might be nice for the summer, no?
@TexanforHarrisWalz4 ай бұрын
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😢
@jamesaustralian98294 ай бұрын
You can thank Donald Dump and his idiotic rhetoric towards NK for the prisoner being returned in that condition.
@trollmagnet82654 ай бұрын
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@nonni1394 ай бұрын
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.
@miapdx5034 ай бұрын
They made sure he couldn't tell the world what they did, what he saw...truly a horrific crime.
@dan64424 ай бұрын
"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.
@DawnOldham3 ай бұрын
My condolences to his parents, family and friends. Such a tragedy.
@フ乇キキ尺リムレ-w1r2 ай бұрын
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.
@NeverlandSystemAngelАй бұрын
"It is considered a totalitarian dictatorship." CONSIDERED?! Are you kidding me?! CONSIDERED?!
@Phoebe5448Ай бұрын
NK is 1984 in real life, and even then, it makes Oceania look like a playground in comparison.
@MeanzProductionz24 күн бұрын
It's just a formal way of speaking. Stop being so emotional. It is considered a dictatorship
@Goodiesfanful4 ай бұрын
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.
@gallyi73924 ай бұрын
I believe he was injected with poison.
@gyanf4 ай бұрын
Like in Guatanamo Bay?
@Goodiesfanful4 ай бұрын
@@gyanf Like in Guantanamo Bay? I imagine so. ☹️
@tracesprite60784 ай бұрын
Yes, waterboarding has been used in Guantanamo Bay which is an utter disgrace on the nation of America. Please close GB.
@MaryReese-oy8is4 ай бұрын
Are you blind?
@mikeyswift20103 ай бұрын
I spent a weekend with this kid at University of Virginia. He lived with my friend briefly. Super crazy.
@arijones95643 ай бұрын
Otto was crazy, or the weekend was crazy? Which one?
@sorrowfulvixxx3 ай бұрын
@@arijones9564neither. the fact that he spent a weekend with otto is the crazy thing. reading comprehension is a good skill to have.
@arijones95643 ай бұрын
@@sorrowfulvixxx Writing clarity is also a good thing to have.
@jpesicka4923 ай бұрын
@@sorrowfulvixxxYeah, I guess we need to use context clues for basic comments now. Super crazy.
@ld64333 ай бұрын
This is super crazy.
@zappababe85773 ай бұрын
Poor guy. I dread to think what he suffered through, to get into the terrible state he returned in.
@wesleybilly8097Ай бұрын
Channel named "How to survive". He did not. This is my first video here. I have subscribed.
@fredstone43954 ай бұрын
"Waterboarding is illegal internationally" Government laughing intensifies
@dan64424 ай бұрын
North Korean smiles at your rules.
@poppyaustin73154 ай бұрын
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".
@triarb57904 ай бұрын
@@dan6442 so does the US.
@dan64424 ай бұрын
@@triarb5790 If that helps you sleep at night.
@rccola67794 ай бұрын
I thought the same thing
@tasha37573 ай бұрын
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.
@chevy4x4663 ай бұрын
Otto was likely a spy. Think about it
@davidlee94113 ай бұрын
I’m sure he stole it
@UltraMella3 ай бұрын
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.
@probrickgamer3 ай бұрын
@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
@kosztaz873 ай бұрын
@@davidlee9411 Not very bright, are you? Have you watched the video? There are way too many signs that it was staged.
@arvi88434 ай бұрын
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.
@anarchyintheusa44434 ай бұрын
People care more about clout than their own lives
@DanMorgan-bh5fv4 ай бұрын
Go ask the same people who summit K2 these questions.
@renemejias18424 ай бұрын
You have probably never listened to Moranbong band then. Or seen the amazing choreography of the parades and stadium shows.
@arvi88434 ай бұрын
@@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.
@keithbentley60814 ай бұрын
No point in going. Do you see how the language works dummy? It has to flow.
@DomenicoV-j6dАй бұрын
510 million Dollar sue and expecting a foreign country to pay is soemthing so dumb that it can inly exist in america.
@gutz19823 ай бұрын
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.
@Rycet3 ай бұрын
Midnight Express was such a great movie
@jazpes.u58753 ай бұрын
what a terrible mother... sorry
@poetryofcinema69573 ай бұрын
@@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
@gutz19823 ай бұрын
@@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.
@gutz19823 ай бұрын
@@poetryofcinema6957 Thank you.
@kenobi1332 ай бұрын
I cant even imagine the amount of pain he had to endure that his body gave up after a week of return 😢 RIP.
@Acesmcnugget3 ай бұрын
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.
@yungmentalproblems3 ай бұрын
It's north Korea duh lol
@Hbkgizmo3 ай бұрын
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?
@dostoyevsky73193 ай бұрын
Go to north Korea and tell them how upset and disappointed you are with them. I'm sure they will listen
@stealthis2 ай бұрын
it's why they have nukes. nukes is why nobody touches them
@rfc31332 ай бұрын
Justice, how? Are you going there to argue your case?
@southerntiger3107Ай бұрын
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.
@USJTAC4 ай бұрын
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.
@ELTABULLO4 ай бұрын
Ok
@keekers4 ай бұрын
Aren't you glad you're perfect and never made mistakes?
@USJTAC4 ай бұрын
@@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.
@jonislow4 ай бұрын
Guess you don't believe in OPSEC. 😂😂
@USJTAC4 ай бұрын
@@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
@bmichael81874 ай бұрын
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.
@wiseonwords4 ай бұрын
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.
@vparakhin3 ай бұрын
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.
@rrrogster3 ай бұрын
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.
@meatyboy88113 ай бұрын
I think this was preplanned. They used otto as a leverage tool.
@vparakhin3 ай бұрын
@@meatyboy8811 Who used Otto? To leverage what?
@Stupidname9094 ай бұрын
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.
@earldriskill35054 ай бұрын
The Chinese kids are right. I've watched some documentaries on N Korea. It's a nightmare concerning the evil that is committed there.
@jamesrecknor67524 ай бұрын
A glorious, revolutionary, God hating atheist government. What could go wrong?
@HowToSurviveShow4 ай бұрын
Yeah - not really funny after learning this story!
@sebastianconstantin51764 ай бұрын
many youtubers been there since this incident and nothing happened.
@ingridgallagher10294 ай бұрын
@@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.
@richardkeilig406223 күн бұрын
My God. He suffered. Communists have no mercy, and people need to remember this outrage.