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North Korea Frees a U.S. Detainee

Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, has reportedly been evacuated to the U.S. in a coma.
Source: Kyodo / Reuters

Updated at 12:20 p.m. ET

Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, who was last year by North Korea’s Supreme Court to 15 years of prison and hard labor for stealing a propaganda sign from his hotel, has been freed Tuesday.

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