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Bladewire · 06-13-2017, 08:18 AM

Yes! It's a start at least. Do you think the others will be freed as well?

Rodman has said he would trade places with Otto Warmbier, is that's what's happening and we just don't know yet?

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American student Otto Warmbier released by North Korea

Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN)Otto Warmbier, an American college student jailed in North Korea, has been released after more than 17 months in detention, according to his parents.

"He is being medevacked to the US. The brutalization and terrorism the North Koreans have put upon Otto and the Warmbier family have ended. Thank God," they told CNN.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed his release in a statement, adding that Warmbier is en route to the United States.

No details on his medical condition were immediately available Tuesday.

Warmbier, 22, was detained in January 2016 at the airport in Pyongyang on his way home. His parents, Fred and Cindy Warmbier, say the University of Virginia student had been on a tour of the reclusive country.

North Korean authorities said they had security footage of him trying to steal a banner containing a political slogan that was hanging from the walls of his Pyongyang hotel.

That was used as evidence in his hour-long trial, during which North Korea accused him of committing "hostile acts" against the regime at the urging of a purported member of a church in his home state of Ohio, a secretive university organization and the CIA.

He was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years hard labor.

"Otto's detainment and sentence was unnecessary and appalling, and North Korea should be universally condemned for its abhorrent behavior. Otto should have been released from the start," said US Sen. Rob Portman, who represents Warmbier's home state of Ohio. "Fred, Cindy, and the Warmbier family have been remarkably strong throughout this ordeal. Over the last 18 months, they have had to endure more than any family should have to bear."

The news of Warmbier's release comes the same day as basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in Pyongyang for an expected four-night visit.

When asked if he would bring up the cases of Warmbier and three other Americans detained in North Korea, Rodman told reporters, "that's not my purpose right now ... My purpose is to go over there and try to see if I can keep bringing sports to North Korea."

06-13-2017, 08:18 AM
Bladewire StraightBro Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Monarch Beach, CA USA Posts: 56,229	Dennis Rodman Secures Release of Only White American Prisoner in North Korea Yes! It's a start at least. Do you think the others will be freed as well? Rodman has said he would trade places with Otto Warmbier, is that's what's happening and we just don't know yet? ---- American student Otto Warmbier released by North Korea Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN)Otto Warmbier, an American college student jailed in North Korea, has been released after more than 17 months in detention, according to his parents. "He is being medevacked to the US. The brutalization and terrorism the North Koreans have put upon Otto and the Warmbier family have ended. Thank God," they told CNN. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed his release in a statement, adding that Warmbier is en route to the United States. No details on his medical condition were immediately available Tuesday. Warmbier, 22, was detained in January 2016 at the airport in Pyongyang on his way home. His parents, Fred and Cindy Warmbier, say the University of Virginia student had been on a tour of the reclusive country. North Korean authorities said they had security footage of him trying to steal a banner containing a political slogan that was hanging from the walls of his Pyongyang hotel. That was used as evidence in his hour-long trial, during which North Korea accused him of committing "hostile acts" against the regime at the urging of a purported member of a church in his home state of Ohio, a secretive university organization and the CIA. He was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. "Otto's detainment and sentence was unnecessary and appalling, and North Korea should be universally condemned for its abhorrent behavior. Otto should have been released from the start," said US Sen. Rob Portman, who represents Warmbier's home state of Ohio. "Fred, Cindy, and the Warmbier family have been remarkably strong throughout this ordeal. Over the last 18 months, they have had to endure more than any family should have to bear." The news of Warmbier's release comes the same day as basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in Pyongyang for an expected four-night visit. When asked if he would bring up the cases of Warmbier and three other Americans detained in North Korea, Rodman told reporters, "that's not my purpose right now ... My purpose is to go over there and try to see if I can keep bringing sports to North Korea."