The former US diplomat who negotiated the release of Otto Warmbier from North Korea in 2017 has said the administration of President Donald Trump should honour the promise it made to pay $2 million for his freedom. In an interview with CNN, Joseph Yun, who was US special representative for North Korea affairs in the summer of 2017, said North Korea demanded $2 million for Mr Warmbier’s medical care after he was arrested in January 2016 for attempting to steal a propaganda poster from a hotel in Pyongyang. Sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years, North Korea claims that 22-year-old Mr Warmbier fell into a coma the same day, although they only informed the US of his condition 15 months later. Tasked with winning the release of the University of Virginia student, Mr Yun said, “As soon as the North Korean side told me that his bill for $2 million would have to be paid, of course, I contacted my boss, then Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, to ask him. “And he … [Read more...] about US should ‘honour promise’ to pay for Otto Warmbier’s release says diplomat who negotiated deal
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Trump says “no money was paid” to North Korea for Otto Warmbier
President Trump said Thursday morning that "no money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier," after news broke Thursday that North Korean officials handed a U.S. envoy a $2 million bill for the now-late student's medical bills in 2017. CBS News reported Thursday that North Korean officials handed the $2 million bill to U.S. envoy to North Korea Joseph Yun when he arrived to transport Warmbier back to the United States. Sources tell CBS News the U.S. signed for the bill, but had no intention of paying it. The president insisted he never paid North Korea, before blasting former President Barack Obama. "No money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier, not two Million Dollars, not anything else," the president tweeted Friday morning. "This is not the Obama Administration that paid 1.8 Billion Dollars for four hostages, or gave five terroist [sic] hostages plus, who soon went back to battle, for traitor Sgt. Bergdahl!"He then went on to quote an unnamed U.S. … [Read more...] about Trump says “no money was paid” to North Korea for Otto Warmbier
Otto Warmbier: North Korea billed US $2M for medical care, report says
Sarah Brookbank and Cameron Knight Cincinnati Enquirer Published 3:46 PM EDT Apr 25, 2019 CINCINNATI – North Korea sent a $2 million bill for Otto Warmbier's medical bills when he was released from captivity in 2017, according to the Washington Post. Warmbier, a 21-year-old college student from Ohio, died shortly after being returned to his family after 15 months in captivity in North Korea. According to the Washington Post, "the main U.S. envoy sent to retrieve Warmbier signed an agreement to pay the medical bill on instructions passed down from President Trump, according to two people familiar with the situation. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly." According to the Washington Post: "The bill went to the Treasury Department, where it remained – unpaid – throughout 2017, the people said. However, it is unclear whether the Trump administration later paid the bill, or … [Read more...] about Otto Warmbier: North Korea billed US $2M for medical care, report says
North Korea billed US for tortured student’s Otto Warmbier hospital care costs
US President Donald Trump approved the payment of a $US2 million bill presented by North Korea to cover its care of comatose American Otto Warmbier, the Washington Post reports. The college student died shortly after being returned home following 17 months in a North Korean prison. The Post says an invoice was handed to State Department envoy Joseph Yun hours before Warmbier, 22, was flown out of Pyongyang in a coma on June 13, 2017. Warmbier died six days later. 'A lot of bad things happened' - Trump on Otto Warmbier's death North Korea denies torturing Otto Warmbier 'They destroyed him' - Parents reveal horriying extent of Otto Warmbier's torture in North Korea The US envoy, who was sent to retrieve Warmbier, signed an agreement to pay the medical bill on instructions passed down from Trump, the Post reports, citing two unidentified people familiar with the situation. "We do not comment on hostage negotiations, which is why they have been so successful during this administration," … [Read more...] about North Korea billed US for tortured student’s Otto Warmbier hospital care costs
North Korea Gave Washington $2 Million Hospital Bill for Otto Warmbier
The Post reported Thursday that two officials familiar with the situation said the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) presented the US Treasury with the bill two years ago before it would return Warmbier, who had fallen into a coma while in North Korean custody. © AP Photo / Jon Chol JinCollege Drops Professor Who Said Otto Warmbier ‘Got What He Deserved’ Warmbier, who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor for theft during a trip to the DPRK earlier in the year, was returned to his parents in the US in June 2017. When he died, the University of Virginia student was 21 years old. The Warmbiers, along with US President Donald Trump, claim Otto was tortured to death. North Korean officials maintain that he was never tortured and a US coroner's report found that his cause of death was complications resulting from a lack … [Read more...] about North Korea Gave Washington $2 Million Hospital Bill for Otto Warmbier