Otto Frederick Warmbier (December 12, 1994 – June 19, 2017) was an American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea in 2016 on a charge of subversion. In June 2017, he was released by North Korea in a vegetative state and died soon after his parents requested his feeding tube be removed.

Jan 21, 2023 · In January 2016, American student Otto Warmbier was arrested in North Korea — and he was later returned to the U.S. with a deadly brain injury. He had been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster at his hotel.

Jul 23, 2018 · What happened to U.S. college student Otto Warmbier—who was imprisoned in North Korea and sent home brain-damaged—is even more shocking than anyone knew.

Jun 20, 2017 · On 13 June, Otto Warmbier returned to the US after 17 months of captivity in North Korea. But he was in a coma, could not communicate and had severe brain damage. One week later, he was dead.

Jun 23, 2017 · Days after US student Otto Warmbier died, North Korean state media said his death was a “mystery” and dismissed accusations he was tortured during his 17 months in captivity in the country.

Dec 26, 2018 · This week, a federal judge ordered North Korea to pay the parents of Otto Warmbier of Wyoming and their son's estate more than $501 million for fatally mistreating him and causing the death...

Jun 19, 2017 · Timeline of Otto Warmbier's saga in North Korea The American college student who had been imprisoned in North Korea for more than a year has died after returning to the U.S. in a state of unresponsive wakefulness, according to a statement from his family.

Jan 20, 2022 · A federal judge in New York this month ordered that over $240,000 in seized North Korean bank assets be paid to the family of Otto Warmbier, an American university student who died in 2017 after...

Jun 15, 2017 · The strange and sad case of Otto Warmbier, the 23-year-old US citizen freed this week after 15 months of captivity in North Korea, is raising new and serious questions about why Pyongyang broke...

Jun 19, 2017 · Otto Warmbier, 22, was serving 15 years hard labour, accused of attempting to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel. He was returned to the US last Tuesday, with North Korea saying it was on...