American Student Held in North Korea Delivers Apology

Otto Warmbier, who has been detained in Pyongyang since January, apologized at a news conference for allegedly stealing a political banner from a North Korean hotel. Photo: Reuters

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[ThatCoolGuy]

"i am very impressed by the humanitarian treatment of severe criminals like myself" this is so obviously a forced admission

[rud]

This is beyond sad. And they made him go through all this knowing he was a dead man talking...

[PatrickStar]

They made him read from a script to shame himself and then they beat him to a vegetable.

[RadagonTheRed]

He’s dead. He died as a result of his mistreatment in North Korea. May he rest in peace.

[charmainekirk]

What they did to this kid is pure evil!

[gerogegerog]

The only thing that’s real are his tears they made him say this

[luvisminyg]

They are monsters, Rest in peace otto 🤍

[koningklootzak]

They made him do this, then later tortured him to death. Unreal.

[ellegaitor]

Otto was Jewish and didn’t attend a church like they forced him to say, He was forced to say all these things. Rip Otto

[RobbieBlue]

He has been very impressed with their humanitarian treatment. They probably told him to day that. Sad very sad indeed

[JuJuForREAL]

Omg. I remember looking at this and thinking he looked like a grown man 😢bc he was about my age. Looking back and seeing him look like a kid to me now that I’m older makes me sad.

[baddiemwah]

"i am very impressed by the humanitarian treatment of severe criminals like myself" yeah they forced him to say that, when he was abused, assaulted and put in a coma by these monsters. please yall don’t ever go to north korea, ever

[Abv]

22 years old 🤦🏿‍♂️… I come to this video once a year just to remind myself how scary life can be for people

[ImMata]

0:56 if you needed to know whether this was scripted or not

[roadfilmsltd]

He asked for forgiveness and said that he hoped to return home to his family, but the gudges didn't even care. This just goes to show how heartless and twisted North Korea really is.

[grasstastesbad]

bizarre. rest in peace, otto, and my condolences to his family and friends

[Renegades]

Why people would want to travel there is beyond me

[christianstak]

I feel sorry for the guy, he's experiencing something close to being in Auchwitz. May the force be with you brother.

[mmn]

“Because some roads you shouldn’t go down. Because maps used to say, “There be dragons here.“ Now they don’t. But that don’t mean the dragons aren’t there.”
― Lorne Malvo Fargo

[lanawarzynski]

U can tell he was forced to say that may u rest in peace and I'm thankful u risked your life for the poor people of North Korea