Why He Didn't Survive North Korea: The Otto Warmbier Tragedy

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This is Otto Warmbier. An American college student and tourist whose trip to North Korea turned into an actual nightmare. In 2016, he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in a North Korean prison camp for a seemingly innocent crime that many believe... he didn't even commit. After his sentencing, all communication with the outside world was cut off.
00:00 The Otto Warmbier Tragedy
00:48 Returned home in a braindead condition
01:16 North Korea denied responsibility for Otto's death
02:59 Otto's background in commerce and passion for travel
04:09 The initial light-hearted atmosphere of the tour
06:15 Otto's confession may have been coerced by the North Korean government
09:58 Both Obama and Trump administrations worked to bring Otto home safely.
13:45 No definitive signs of torture or physical abuse found
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@sks4728 13 күн бұрын

Question is... WHY WOULD YOU VISIT NORTH KOREA?!?!

@lincolnyaco5626 11 күн бұрын

INDEED!

@swampgod8244 11 күн бұрын

Question is, why is he touching things that is obviously not his?!

@amishgoatmilker 11 күн бұрын

@@swampgod8244 it was disproved.. in the video

@sunfire369 11 күн бұрын

When you are a spy?

@downsouth4345 11 күн бұрын

@@swampgod8244 we know north Korea wouldn't lie. They tortured him, then sent him to his parents brain dead.

@skingrad 15 күн бұрын

Moral of the story: don’t visit North Korea.

@RemoWilliams1227 15 күн бұрын

Precisely

@sarabanda7480 15 күн бұрын

Amen

@chrisstucker1813 14 күн бұрын

Unless you’re part of an army going to liberate that madhouse.

@davidallen346 14 күн бұрын

Korean people are A-holes

@socialdistancejusticewarri8533 14 күн бұрын

Right up there on my list with Pakistan and Somalia.

@michaelhodge2104 10 күн бұрын

Sad story. I don't understand why any American would go to any hostile country to the USA.

@asrr62 9 күн бұрын

Some people have no limit of what they THINK they can do but physically can't.

@Catmom-gl5nt 3 күн бұрын

I have to go to many of these countries for work and I am always very cautious. The first time I traveled to Moscow, I discovered my father’s cousin was still on their 💩 list. More than 50 years later, they’re still unhappy. Fortunately, they didn’t hold it against me, but I had to respond at passport control when they asked about him. Some people just can’t let things go.

@michaelhodge2104 3 күн бұрын

@Catmom-gl5nt WOW! Russia, North Korea, Most of the Middle East are completely off of my travel destinations.

@Catmom-gl5nt 3 күн бұрын

If you can think of an off the wall place, other than North Korea, I have probably been there. I just paste a polite smile on my face and behave. Amusingly, I was representing my country at a weekend symposium in Central Asia and knowing the nation well, knew to supply our employees with bottles of water and juice, dried fruit and nuts, as well as crackers and cheese, because events were usually in grand marble building who’s air conditioning was no match for the temperature and would not offer any food or drink over the course of the day. I bumped into the Iranian Ambassador at his area and made small yak through the interpreter. He was an older man and clearly not doing well in the heat. I had on my American flag lapel pin and was wearing my Star of David necklace and without thinking, offered him cool water and food at our area. He looked shocked that I would offer him that courtesy, but my parents raised me better than that and, as he was polite to me, I owed him the same courtesy. He was so appreciative of the gesture (and the water) that he presented me the next day with a beautiful box of Iranian delicacies. Would I go to Iran? Absolutely not, but people are capable of behaving well when the want to, and I am tired of people using culture as an excuse for bad behavior. Civility is never out of style or uncalled for.

@michaelhodge2104 3 күн бұрын

@Catmom-gl5nt Not all Americans have to make us look bad. I remember the American guy back in the 90's that spray painted cars and was Cained .

@plasmodesma7569 8 күн бұрын

America should ban trips to NK. Full stop. It is too much risk, not only to the individual but to the nation. One hostage held on fake charges could bring us to war. Just depends on the hostage and situation. As a national security measure, American's should be banned from going to NK.

@bluetextonwhitebg 4 күн бұрын

it was banned shortly after this incident.

@johnmc3862 3 күн бұрын

@@bluetextonwhitebgIndeed

@rrrogster Күн бұрын

Well that's not going to happen in our woke world. That would be labeled racist!!

@j.w.213 Күн бұрын

bro they literally pay their enemys xD

@TOU2AN4AL 11 сағат бұрын

@@j.w.213How so ?

@termitesc.aardwolf3644 16 күн бұрын

This is why I'm never, ever setting foot in North Korea.

@Seneditiz 16 күн бұрын

This is why i travel only in Azeroth instead.

@user-vt2ee3ft9r 16 күн бұрын

Idiotic country,idiotic fat president who enslave all its citizens,all in that country sucks

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 16 күн бұрын

Americans, South Koreans, Malaysian and Israelis cannot visit North Korea

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 16 күн бұрын

If your citizen of those countries that requires ESTA to visit the USA (Japan, Singapore, Brunei, UK, parts of EU countries, Australia, NZ). If you visited North Korea, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, Afghanistan, Yemen on or after March 2011 and/or Cuba on or after January 2021 or you have dual citizens of Iran, Iraq, or Cuba, you’ll not be eligible for ESTA application for visa free travel to the USA, but you must apply for US VISA after visited those sanctioned countries.

@ob_dowboosh 15 күн бұрын

The funniest part that Putin has recently been to the North Korea. They are now allies.

@alleinemae3615 16 күн бұрын

Even if I'm not an American, this kid taught us to NEVER go to north korea ever.

@TY-Tianyou 16 күн бұрын

When's the last time you went?

@Lesbosac 15 күн бұрын

And don't steal from other countries

@nicktasteless360 15 күн бұрын

Instead, you should learn to not break the rules of other countries.

@Goodiesfanful 15 күн бұрын

@@nicktasteless360 but North Korea has so many insane rules it’s so easy to break one without even realising. Any travel agent would warn you not to go there.

@basillah7650 15 күн бұрын

Ever again so you been lol?

@hollies5841 10 күн бұрын

Imagine what atrocities the citizens face if this is what they do to a visitor. RIP Otto.

@jazminmiller1071 7 күн бұрын

That’s what I keep thinking about the citizens are all alone constantly living in fear

@neilsullada385 14 сағат бұрын

He wasn't their visitor just their example

@MycP-hs7yv 2 сағат бұрын

@@neilsullada385 visitor turned example

@Hithere-dc2qx 27 минут бұрын

While that is true, it seems like many of them are brainwashed to the core. Unless they are all faking it

@kimsherlock8969 10 күн бұрын

Extreme brutality of a human being young and full of life . Why be so sadistic to send someone's Son home brain dead . He looked like a serious head injury victim, his torture was inhumane to the extent of brain death .

@vparakhin 3 күн бұрын

The Communists wanted to send a message, you steal from us, you die. It's been always that way in most Communist countries.

@LisaAnn777 3 күн бұрын

Humans are evil and probably nature's worst creature.

@ryan5113 2 күн бұрын

Narcissitc psychopaths do the same to people in the US. The psychopaths in the government are happy to gleefully partake in the sadism.

@benknox3364 11 күн бұрын

I don't understand why an American would travel to North Korea.

@counterweightshenanigans2808 9 күн бұрын

Liberals think every other culture is superior to ours.

@KW-ew7ll 9 күн бұрын

We're a generation removed from the collapse of the Soviet Union. The number of people alive who remember the Soviet Union decreases daily. Youngster with no direct recollection of the horrors of communism, think it's all capitalist imperial propaganda. Reminds me of Timothy Treadwell, experts told him not to stay in the Grizzly maze beyond summer because the Grizzlies would become aggressive in prep for hibernation. He was like, they're my friends, buddies, Teddy bears. They ended up eating him and his girlfriend alive.

@veronicababy7959 9 күн бұрын

He wanted to be special.

@aarondavis8943 9 күн бұрын

@@KW-ew7ll He was naive and reckless, and he got drunk. But you don't have to know Soviet and Cold War history to understand the precarious position you are in as an American tourist in North Korea. Rather than a lack of historical context, I think he was just one of these people who think "It can't happen to me". The "invincibility" of youth.

@OneTheBlue 9 күн бұрын

@@veronicababy7959 Or maybe he had a sense of adventure. A very American quality.

@doloresryan3731 11 күн бұрын

I will never understand why anyone would go to N. Korea.

@fanuelcui1109 11 күн бұрын

Because you never understand the notion of "probability". Prior to the pandemic, 130,000 tourists visited North Korea every single year. Of the millions of tourists who ever set foot in North Korea in recent decades, how many were arrested and found dead while in custody? Literarily ONLY ONE - Otto Warmbier. There was literarily NEVER a second case. So the fatality is literally

@dean8842 10 күн бұрын

Darwin Award winners all.

@Natsuke1104 10 күн бұрын

Some people thinks every bad thing about NK is just lies to prevent you from experiencing paradise on earth. Lmao

@overtaxed3628 10 күн бұрын

If we take into account his travels and the countries he visited, it is obvious that Otto is a kind of wannabe communist, but one who does not want to give up all the benefits of capitalism and democracy. Maybe he should have stopped researching communism after Cuba and Hong Kong, but apparently that wasn't enough, so he had to go to North Korea, and in the end he realized that he had gone too far. There are a lot of people like him in the West, an easy life and a lot of sponsors for such a life, but after all these excessive comforts in the end, tragedies like this happen.

@lostcat9lives322 10 күн бұрын

Because it is a forbidden land.

@Learn-gs4ed 9 күн бұрын

Going to North Korea is insane. You dont go to a country that their people are trying to escape. This Tour Company should be shut down.

@rrrogster Күн бұрын

By who? Why? We live in a woke world and closing them would be racist!!

@MycP-hs7yv 2 сағат бұрын

They went through china first. You cant just get in north korea

@user-ei1ym1lq6h 7 күн бұрын

You can tell when the 2 N. Korean guards were walking him (supporting him), his legs/ankles were already injured. These people are sick.

@nisselarson3227 5 сағат бұрын

They have every right to do what they want in this case. They take this shit seriously, they do not promote American tourism in their country and he disrespected the party and the country by stealing a flag. It's sad for the family, of course. But obviously a necessary lesson.

@farariri 4 сағат бұрын

@nisselarson3227 Right? There are no rights in that country, lol. Go outside kid and get some fresh air.

@marovlasic3167 Сағат бұрын

This usa citizen was sick....what kind of fun was a trip to North Korea and insult them by acting like stupid american tourist.....!! You all forgot that North Korea is under sanctions for more than 60 years....usa is bullies them for more than 60 years and then came otto goofing around!! His family can be satisfied to have had body to bury!!

@Spoiled_horsegirl Сағат бұрын

I wonder what they did to him? I heard they electrocuted him.

@DVanO426 10 күн бұрын

They didn't want him to talk, so they made sure he wouldn't. What a sad story. Pray for Otto and his family.

@origamikami3486 3 күн бұрын

Nah, don’t go to NK

@Spoiled_horsegirl Сағат бұрын

I wonder what they did to him

@sallyboeras7996 11 күн бұрын

First of all, there shouldn't be any tours at all to N Korea. Not only will you be fed propaganda and lies, you are contributing money to the regime and perpetuating their lies!

@sazure2 9 күн бұрын

Indeed and those that "escape" horror stories (heard many on talk radio) Quote: """"""""""""Life in North Korea Some defectors have described North Korea as a place of suffering and a lack of freedom. For example, Yeonmi Park, author of In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom, has said that everything in North Korea is about worshiping the party and dictators, and that people are not allowed to tell human stories. Others have described the brutality of the regime, starvation, and propaganda."""""""""""""""

@galenmerrick 9 күн бұрын

Like the U.S.?

@ifensler 8 күн бұрын

US government has never lied or spread propaganda😂😂

@ulucio86 5 күн бұрын

@@galenmerricktell me your brainwashed without telling me your brainwashed.

@brucebaldwinson6316 4 күн бұрын

@@galenmerrickShut up you idiot !!!

@LS-lq1pc 9 күн бұрын

Never go to a shitty country, dictatorship or not. This kid had everything and wanted unheard adventure to spice up his "boring" life. I'm sorry for his parents.

@vparakhin 3 күн бұрын

Sorry, but he should have read a book or two about the atrocities that's been going on in North Korea. If the North Korean Communists are killing their own citizens without mercy, why wouldn't they kill an American?

@simaosimoes 7 сағат бұрын

Great advice that’s why I’m never going back to the us again 😂

@vparakhin 3 күн бұрын

He was tortured to death. It's obvious to everyone.

@user-lz1tc2id8x 12 күн бұрын

I'm a retired RN and he had suffered a head injury and had been bedridden for probably almost the entire year in N. Korea. The contractures which is his deformed legs and arms look like someone who had been in bed for years like a nursing home patient. I hate to say this but he had suffered catastrophic injuries and they sent him back to the US because they knew he was going to die. God taking him was a blessing because no one would want to live like that or see their family member like that. God bless his beloved family! 🙏

@truther627 11 күн бұрын

Thank you for giving us some knowledge on what he probably endured while incarcerated in North Korea. What a horrible experience that obviously led to his death. Just heartbreaking.

@dan6442 11 күн бұрын

You say you're an RN. You didn't examine him. From the video; "No definitive signs of torture or physical abuse found"

@CarolSchenkl 11 күн бұрын

True. I heard his howling from the plane. As it landed. They tortured him in many ways.

@CarolSchenkl 11 күн бұрын

@@dan6442there were reports that came out when he came back.

@April-xs9tk 10 күн бұрын

@@dan6442RN here as well, she is absolutely correct in her interpretation of his physical assessment.

@BGBPW 10 күн бұрын

Ever since I heard his story (while this was happening), I’ve never been able to forget about him. A lot of people say he shouldn’t have gone to NK, and surely that’s true…but that doesn’t mean he deserved any of this. You can’t just shrug and say “that’s what you get”… He suffered more in his short life than most of us could ever imagine, and his family will never have justice. They have only their sorrow. We should all be saddened and outraged at this still to this day.

@kymo6343 10 күн бұрын

This. "Don't go to North Korea" is missing the whole point. What about the people who are forced to live in NK regardless? The foundation of law is supposed to be based upon fairness, upon asking "What if I were the strong one, or what if I were the weak one instead?" We call what they did Human Rights Violations but if we just sit on our butts and say "Sucks for them, don't go there", then it remains just another Tuesday for the ppl in NK. NK should be ashamed of what they did to another country's young citizen but in their primitive war-obsessed culture they probably see it as "Showing how tough they are", just as apes kill the young of other apes to try and dominate. Sometimes demonstrating humanity is being better than the beastly, but sometimes you have to step up and put mad rabid dogs down too...

@susannpatton2893 9 күн бұрын

They do not like American people Nor the lack of discipline that American people have. No kids running crazy screaming over there

@BlkSheepLoneWolf 9 күн бұрын

Same, I have never forgotten about this sad story. It was so horrible😢 what he went through or what his parents went through. So sad.

@samanthacrump1976 9 күн бұрын

Actions have consequences

@monopthalmoss 9 күн бұрын

Haven't been able to forget him either..we didn't get the satisfaction of really finding out what and how it truly happened..and seemingly no consequences for NK. If one country needs team America to go in and deliver some freedom..it's NK

@wasabi-in-my-eye3134 4 күн бұрын

My teacher never taught me what youtube did. Never go underground cave exploration, never cook steak in a toaster, never camp in bear country.... never go to north Korea

@renn3014 9 күн бұрын

This is so sad. I have never heard of this young man before. It is so devastating to see the difference. A bright, vivacious graduate with his whole life ahead of him who is very outspoken…. To a broken, brain damaged young man who looks frail and can’t talk. This is absolutely gut wrenching. I pray for him and his family. So sad he passed

@Crazy-Clown-In-Town 11 сағат бұрын

LOL.

@nycdweller 15 күн бұрын

His family should have allowed an autopsy

@psychonauty2020 12 күн бұрын

i think they did and was told to not disclose . like the way they told otto, they can tell his whole family, right? like they were intimidated

@gyanf 11 күн бұрын

Exactly!

@tracesprite6078 11 күн бұрын

To the secret police in North Korea: I know it's too dangerous for you to refuse to work for that horrific dictatorship, but please find every chance to slow up the government's evil work. Quietly resist and support others who resist. You are human beings, and you deserve to have a caring government, not a bunch of ruthless, cruel exploiters. Sending you love. Wish you could be free.

@skynut38 11 күн бұрын

If dude was Jewish maybe it went against their religion to do an autopsy.

@annakaye1629 11 күн бұрын

@tracesprite6078 I'm an American, haven't been in NK & won't go. But, I do NOT believe any story US media tells. Look, our gov. turned on us by treating illegals better than us. What more do you need to experience to believe you don't count? So, lecturing others is from funny to sad.

@madeleine7411 11 күн бұрын

My daughter's private prep school had a trip listed to Mexico as a graduation destination before college. My older daughter told me that the school took no responsibility for student's safety. The trip is arranged by a tour company. Since these trips were relatively rare and had not been touted as a Senior Trip, I was unaware of the lack of responsibility taken by the school and by the tour company. We did not let our daughter take part. Beware if your child is affiliated with a school that offers these trips. It is not safe. Your child even at 18 -22 years of age has no idea what a foreign government has the power to do to him/her.

@dan6442 11 күн бұрын

A wise decision on your part. Mexico is not a safe place. Your "rights" end when you leave the country.

@minkbach9452 10 күн бұрын

the cartel is the government

@b.wiggins714 10 күн бұрын

I wouldn't go to Mexico now even with my own security team.

@AncientWaysHealing-zn2zb 10 күн бұрын

Mexico would have been fine! I have both visited and even lived there for a year. North Korea is another story altogether!!!! Why would ANYONE want to go there straight into a "dystopian tyrannical dictatorship" is my question? WHY?

@oregonvibez 10 күн бұрын

So because it's set up by a tour company you felt worried? 💀 explain please cause you send your daughter to this school it's fancy and idk you think they'd hire a cheap unsafe tour company? I think you might need to read a bit more instead of just getting spooked from what a person said a person said 👀 no school or business takes responsibility for what an adult over age 18 does thats basic business law to remove legal liability 💀swim at your own risk, fly at your own risk - life insurance doesn't cover air travel so does that make the plane unsafe? For real your comment doesn't make logical sense just nonsense.

@darrellgrant7615 8 күн бұрын

This kid went to Cuba, North Korea, and was about to travel to Hong Kong. Why in the hell is he going to areas that are controlled by enemies of the US ? He was either extremely naive/ stupid or he was an intelligence asset. I’m sure NK thought the same thing and that was why he was tortured. If his travel history showed, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and France I’m sure they would have used him in a different manner.

@georgebootoo4026 4 күн бұрын

Could be both, he was going to apply to join an intel agency, and naivly thought going to those places would look good on his cv.

@tmmyholm9 Күн бұрын

Quite possibly he was killed because he broke North Korean laws and refused to perform hard labor, followed by beatings as punishment. He did not try to steal a poster, he stole a poster. Too many people are lax on United States laws and just assumes they will get away with breaking other country’s laws.

@rrrogster Күн бұрын

Yet nother idiot comment.

@noexcuses5524 Күн бұрын

I think ur right,he is too privileged thinking he can get away with it and paid for his life.

@Rafaelacarlina 15 сағат бұрын

He was intelligent intellectual and like politics. Don't blame him pleass.. NK need a victim to show Usa 🇺🇸 their power. Otto unfortunately 😢was in the wrong place.

@thanos8107 7 күн бұрын

People that visit North Korea: Why? Not only are you supporting a tyrannical government, you also put yourself in extreme danger

@vparakhin 3 күн бұрын

Some people have a death wish.

@majermike 2 күн бұрын

@@vparakhin or perhaps naive ignorance, somehow today's college students come out dumber than they went in

@TOU2AN4AL 11 сағат бұрын

@@vparakhinNO HE DOD NOT. HE WAS DOING WHAT COLLEGE GRADS DID AT THAT TIME.SEEING THE WORLD.

@TOU2AN4AL 11 сағат бұрын

@@vparakhin NO HE DID NOT. HE EAS DOING WHAT COLLEGE GRADS DID AT THAT TIME.

@vparakhin 11 сағат бұрын

@@TOU2AN4AL Going to North Korea is like playing the Russian roulette.

@joesites2250 10 күн бұрын

The worst things to do in N. Korea: #1: Do not go to North Korea. #2 If you have any questions, revert to #1

@ncapone87 8 күн бұрын

The worst thing to do is don't go to NK? I don't think that's what you mean

@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor 8 күн бұрын

@@ncapone87the point is don't go there. It's like asking how do you get out of Hell once you go there

@ncapone87 8 күн бұрын

@@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor you're an SAT tutor and you couldn't see the double negative in the original comment? Holy shit

@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor 8 күн бұрын

@@ncapone87 I actually saw it as a rhetorical device but thanks for the critique. Next time I'll pass your test. I promise. 👍

@ncapone87 8 күн бұрын

@@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor how is it rhetorical?

@Goodiesfanful 16 күн бұрын

Poor Otto. I hope he’s resting in peace now.

@rickeedavenport1738 14 күн бұрын

He’s the dummy for going!

@elwaadabdilkadir 14 күн бұрын

@@rickeedavenport1738Bro, that's all you need to say? The dude went through so much, and you think if he knew what would happen that he would even go??

@HowToSurviveShow 13 күн бұрын

RIP Otto🌹

@Peekaboo-Kitty 13 күн бұрын

@@rickeedavenport1738 It was his father's fault for encouraging him and financing his trip to North Korea.

@user-vt2ee3ft9r 13 күн бұрын

@@rickeedavenport1738 otto is that Intelligent to be able to go to North Korea when only few did. Mistake? Yes but the point is he is a VIP to visit that country cause like i said,only few were able to visit N.K🤷

@Ali-sm2wg 3 күн бұрын

His parents sound so cold when they're talking about him... truly bizarre

@eyalaribi1116 Күн бұрын

Saaame I thought I was the only one that felt it

@northstar92 Күн бұрын

probably desensitized from being lied to by everyone

@donnabissell15 9 күн бұрын

Didnt Trump exchange "love letters" with Un? He never criticized North Korea for what they did to this kid. How did they get a pass?

@itsdashoes 4 күн бұрын

Easy answer is, Kim Kong Un holds even his own innocent citizens hostage.. He's crazy enough to sacrifice them all in a war with us, and that would be a tragic end when it comes to diplomatic efforts from our Country.

@d3xmeister 4 күн бұрын

So what Obama did for “this kid” exactly ? At least Trump brought it home

@vparakhin 3 күн бұрын

I think Obama just let the kid rot in this Communist concentration camp for the whole year.

@peterjohnson1734 Күн бұрын

Let me guess, you hate Trump?

@montamiddleton9318 Күн бұрын

@@d3xmeisterno he didn't. He would have plastered it all over if he secured his release. He never has mentioned the kids name.

@13gladius28 10 күн бұрын

Since September 2017, the U.S. State Department has made it illegal to travel to North Korea with an American passport. “Travel to, in, or through North Korea on a U.S. passport without this special validation may justify revocation of your passport for misuse,” said the State Department's website.

@hossosplitternacken7819 10 күн бұрын

i wouldnt be suprised if the whole story about Otto is just made up, and that guy actually died when he set foot on US soil ..another genius CIA Falseflag

@jacobhoffman2553 10 күн бұрын

you can still go there if you want... no legal action will be taken against you unless they can find something that suggests your essentialy being a traitor (anyone still trying to go there is a traitor or a moron) ... but no help is coming for you either..... thats why its "illegal" so that you understand how bad your fuckin up....in fact theres a buncha countries ppl shouldnt be fuckin with right now due to geopolitical alliances with russia in said countries.... ppl are just fool hardy lipshits.... they like to be surprised when bad shit happens

@jcbbb 10 күн бұрын

sounding exactly like a communist country in the process, this acted charade allowed the government infiltrators to slowly groom them for their loss of rights .... - audiobook remix ccp demz rule (2014).mp3

@bradsanders407 8 күн бұрын

Lol thats that good ole "freedom" the usa is always jackassing on about but has never actually experienced it.

@13gladius28 8 күн бұрын

@@bradsanders407 First of all I'm Italian and Italy unlike the US, Italy has a better cultural history than the US which most Americans don't know what their culture us. Secondly, you need to go live in NK prison camp, jacksh *t

@melissahanna2815 10 күн бұрын

This has always broken my heart. His cries of pain and suffering were heard and I’ve never forgotten this poor man

@amandamccormick5009 10 күн бұрын

And yet Israel are torturing Palestinians in your name. Noone cares about the German zionist spy otto. You are literally feeling for a man who hasn't existed in years. While sending money to have this treatment done to kids. Empathy is a role play for you. You choose when to feel it right? That's not empathy.

@absiyehassan36 10 күн бұрын

He did that to himself! He stole

@gonzalopanizza 10 күн бұрын

@@absiyehassan36 i feel bad for you having that negative IQ

@joprocter4573 10 күн бұрын

Obama didn't bother to visit NK to encourage openness..trade.talks to release usa citizen

@PannBM-yv1rm 10 күн бұрын

He shouldn’t do that but their punishment is also too extreme.

@carlavv5302 8 күн бұрын

Any TRAVELERS should educate themselves when they travel to a foreign country. No matter from Where to Where

@SHADOWNINE79 Күн бұрын

🎯

@PhantomOfManyTopics 10 күн бұрын

He ripped a poster off the wall and stuffed it into his duffel bag.

@aerithgrowsflowers 4 күн бұрын

Allegedly

@kylebarvel 16 күн бұрын

dont even think of planning a trip to north korea

@greatusername1668 16 күн бұрын

ill go

@thepanda1044 16 күн бұрын

@@greatusername1668And you'll be sent back in a coffin.

@AVERYnormalelf 16 күн бұрын

@@greatusername1668and that’s why you never responded

@RaymondScavenger 16 күн бұрын

Unless if you go to north Korea You must have a official guide with you

@user-uj5ly1eq5n 15 күн бұрын

@@greatusername1668if you can’t handle Mexico, you cannot handle north korea

@Circassiangurl2002 15 күн бұрын

The fact that he received all of that torture for a poster is beyond me

@R0TB 15 күн бұрын

coz the rule set by their supreme leader android 19 wannabe is ridiculous!!!

@JAM661 14 күн бұрын

Well the people in the group said they were back in the hotel yet when the video suppose to show him doing it. Also you cannot reconize the person in video because it is so dark and blurry. He did not do it.

@nassplease 14 күн бұрын

these people dont value human life, so he shouldn't even have touched it at all.

@theallseeingkats6321 13 күн бұрын

Android 19🤪

@Peekaboo-Kitty 13 күн бұрын

Because he was an American too, and they wanted to teach the US a lesson!

@denisescott34 10 күн бұрын

What not to do is don't go to N Korea! I never understood why he went in the first place, especially being an American. It's beyond horrific what happened to him but it was entirely preventable. I know when you're 22 you think you're invincible, but someone in his life should have talked sense into him. Go to S Korea if you want that experience! Stay away from the darkest place on the planet.

@ryan5113 2 күн бұрын

Not much safer in amercia. The courts are full of sick psychopaths eho love to torture and break innocent people.

@rrrogster Күн бұрын

Bragging rights among his peers? I went to NK and survived - ain't I special.

@global.mindset 10 күн бұрын

Dude, it's like a guy jumping off a cruise ship into shark infested waters and then everyone tries to blame the sharks for ripping the person apart....... WHAT DID YOU EXPECT??

@dante6985 7 күн бұрын

Human interest story because the U.S. doesn't like North Korea one bit (arguably its greatest enemy). It's like JFK Jr's death. He died because of his failures as a pilot and hubris got two people killed but it's this "tragedy".

@Aashishkebab 23 сағат бұрын

These are humans, not sharks.

@sas5942 22 сағат бұрын

Perfect analogy!

@sas5942 22 сағат бұрын

@@AashishkebabDuh, we all know that!

@lilyr7221 11 күн бұрын

Why would anyone want to go there is beyond me… knowing how awful this country treats their own citizens! It’s the most dangerous place to visit!

@speedfreak8200 10 күн бұрын

Why the hell did Dennis Rodman ever go there and hang out with Kim Young Mung ?

@ulrikjensen6841 10 күн бұрын

The sight alone of the enormous, broad and empty highways built for military parades only - sickening.

@emeraldvenus 10 күн бұрын

It's not that unusual for many young men to dare to take certain risks. Their testosterone levels are higher when they are young. It's a shame he thought that he could get away with disregarding the rules while being in a barbaric and dangerous country. Removing a sign/poster seems so harmless and the punishment certainly did not fit the crime. I can't imagine the torture he endured which resulted in permanent brain damage and death. They had no mercy for this young man. It's sad that he had to be the example for anyone deciding to visit NK who might think that taking a sign is a minor thing. The 5th floor was forbidden to any tourists or visitors and that there should be a red flag when you're in NK territory. So sad. RIP Otto.

@KM-un8oj 9 күн бұрын

Gross ignorance is ruining these millennial and post millennial generations …they learn NOTHING in our current education system about the history of tyranny and propaganda MOSTLY because they themselves are neck deep in communist propaganda for their entire schooling and I blame America’s acquiescence to blatant ideological subversion for these atrocities! Wake up, America…our kids are being thrown under buses DAILY now by this propaganda and deliberate dumbing down….it’s up to US, “we the people” to say “no”…NOT the next president…🙄

@ottohumpmachine8958 9 күн бұрын

South Korea is worse.

@seandelap8587 16 күн бұрын

Perhaps not going to NK in the first place is the best way to survive being captured

@thatguymatt5816 16 күн бұрын

Goted comment

@AriesDragon 16 күн бұрын

Absolutely

@swaggery 16 күн бұрын

I don't blame him. He was one of thousands that went there with nothing happening to them. Just be aware if your country has no sway over the authoritarian countries you want to visit, you have to accept those could be your last days as a free person.

@roblavalle7800 16 күн бұрын

So true North Korea is not some place to go

@goododays1812 16 күн бұрын

Chin* too

@EvonneLindiwe 3 күн бұрын

I feel so much pain for his parents. This young Man didnt deserve to die 😞💔

@AmythystRaine 9 күн бұрын

This was so sad. He died shortly after returning here after his parents requested the removal of his feeding tube.

@fredstone4395 11 күн бұрын

"Waterboarding is illegal internationally" Government laughing intensifies

@dan6442 11 күн бұрын

North Korean smiles at your rules.

@poppyaustin7315 10 күн бұрын

Using cluster bombs is illegal too, but Americans sent it to Ukraine and yesterday they were killing Russian civilians on the beach of Crimea. There are many now who is laughing on "illegal".

@triarb5790 10 күн бұрын

@@dan6442 so does the US.

@dan6442 10 күн бұрын

@@triarb5790 If that helps you sleep at night.

@rccola6779 10 күн бұрын

I thought the same thing

@theresonlyonegod769 12 күн бұрын

2nd highest GPA but wasn’t smart enough not to book a vacation to North Korea. Stupidity. But he didn’t deserve what happened to him. Rip Otto

@dan6442 11 күн бұрын

"Deserve" has nothing to do with this. Consequences happen to all of us.

@olliefoxx7165 10 күн бұрын

Very entitled people expect the world to cater to them. Equality is oppression to the entitled. He thought he could do as he pleased even in a place like North Korea.

@NjD.... 10 күн бұрын

Him going to North k wasn't the issue.. don't steal from anywhere/anyone. The other tourist went home no problem.. I still feel bad 4 him tho.

@ellzedd4113 10 күн бұрын

IQ and common sense are two different things

@dan6442 10 күн бұрын

@@NjD.... You are correct.

@walkwithrach22 10 күн бұрын

HEARTBREAKING

@niceyoutubehandle 10 күн бұрын

Not going to lie, the way this video is structured is 100% complete cancer with all the stock footage, zoom ins, etc.

@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor 8 күн бұрын

No actually communism is a complete cancer

@Rzs31 Күн бұрын

Looking forward to seeing the videos you make.

@Aashishkebab 23 сағат бұрын

What are you smoking?

@cliffpadilla5871 16 күн бұрын

No way will I ever visit North Korea.

@R0TB 15 күн бұрын

how bout if someone give u a million bucks?

@sh1t_nugget 15 күн бұрын

@@R0TBStill won't accept it, cuz I don't have the guts to do so

@int109 14 күн бұрын

@@R0TB I wouldn't do it for a billion dollars.

@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 13 күн бұрын

@@int109Same here as I may never be alive to spend it.

@sunflowerangeldjoan1921 12 күн бұрын

Me too I rather travel to Seoul and eat street food.

@Autumnfaery2003 10 күн бұрын

Cannot believe this country is still on any map.

@bluetextonwhitebg 4 күн бұрын

i've been saying for years that this incident probably helped president trump get elected. this all happened under obama's watch. not only did we look like a complete joke to the world, but obama showed complete indifference over it all. zero compassion or action whatsoever from him.

@jimmypark3224 10 күн бұрын

I followed this case very closely from the beginning and here's what I think really happened: Otto did try to steal the flag and got caught. Suggestions of torturing him to death are stupid. He was now a very valuable prisoner so NK would have treated him well enough. As you can see Otto was mentally losing it. Instead of waiting for the US to bail him out, he tried to kill himself, probably by hanging, but failed. The lack of oxygen caused the brain damage and this also explains his parents' refusal to allow an autopsy. They didn't want the world to know what really happened.

@firenze5555 10 күн бұрын

I agree the failed suicide is a possibility. I also think that it is possible that because Otto was so emotionally distraught, they heavily sedated him and accidentally gave him an overdose which starved his brain of oxygen. Really sad. They never should have gone to North Korea.

@user-zp8ee8oy7m 10 күн бұрын

his parent did not allowed an autopsy because is against to do it, there are Jewish THE RELIGION DOES NOT ALLOWED. IT IS POSSIBLE HE HAD A MENTAL BREAKDOWN. NORTH KOREA IS NOT A PLACE TO GO .

@dougbrooks2501 9 күн бұрын

I think your conclusions are spot on.

@tinafeyalien 5 күн бұрын

Yeah this video is propaganda trying to make it seem like he did no wrong. Totally rings true that he stole the poster not realising it is considered an extremely serious insult to North Korean leaders. Interesting idea on what happened to him; I buy it.

@rrrogster Күн бұрын

This is DPRK propaganda and certainly smells like it. Ignore.

@jamielehman4934 Күн бұрын

I cant watch this because its painful seeing him beg for his life, but I read somewhere that what really happened is this: The night prior, Otto got into an argument with some important North Korean citizen. He talked back to this guy. Since its not legal to arrest someone for talking back, they set him up and arranged for someone to pretend to be him attempting to steal a poster. That gave them the authority to arrest him. Imagine how tiny and fragile their egoes are over there to want to kill someone because they talked back. 😬

@noexcuses5524 Күн бұрын

U could say that but as a tourist like otto ,if u go to another country u dont want to be stand out as a tourst, u need to blend . Learn the culture and tradition.in north korea is frown upon to argue with someone who has power . If what u said is true then goes to show americans think they are too privileged

@ingamgoduka57 13 күн бұрын

It is clear that this kid was targeted his fate was sealed moment he entered North Korea. He may rest in peace.

@jamielehman4934 Күн бұрын

I read someone's comment on another video. I guess the night prior to being arrested, Otto got into an argument with some important North Korean person. Basically he talked back to a higher up. They couldn't arrest him for talking back so they had someone pretend to steal a poster so they could blame it on Otto. Then I'm assuming once he was arrested he was tortured into confessing. All of this for simply talking back. 🫤

@Crazy-Clown-In-Town 11 сағат бұрын

@@jamielehman4934 So it was his fault then.

@USJTAC 14 күн бұрын

I distinctly remember guys in my unit talking about a hostage rescue. It wouldn’t have made sense for this type of operation. It wasn’t like he was just kidnapped. He voluntarily entered one of the most secluded and reclusive countries in world history.

@ELTABULLO 12 күн бұрын

@keekers 11 күн бұрын

Aren't you glad you're perfect and never made mistakes?

@USJTAC 11 күн бұрын

@@keekers I’m not perfect by any means - but I am also not going to do something as stupid as this and put myself in that situation.

@jonislow 11 күн бұрын

Guess you don't believe in OPSEC. 😂😂

@USJTAC 11 күн бұрын

@@jonislow It was just a conversation lol. There was nothing about it that made it classified or anything that would go against our security clearances. It was no different than other SOF that also spoke about stuff like this, hypothetically, of course. Haha

@Retarmy1 9 күн бұрын

I am retired US army, and I spent 1 year in S. Korea with 7th Cav. , just be glad you live on the South side of the border

@bruce8448 3 күн бұрын

They should be more clear cut with these warnings "there are active reasons to kidnap and torture american citizens in this country" type of warning. Not just a uhhh maybe dont got there?

@debswatching 11 күн бұрын

“New Years Party Tour?” Even that sounds ominous.

@michellesartori6695 16 күн бұрын

As a nurse who has cared for people in a vegetative state like poor Otto I am very curious as to how his brain was damaged so profoundly, especially if the damage was to the entire brain but bilateral and not the result of being beaten around the head. I don't know what those soldiers did to him, but I am terribly sorry for Otto and his family. Apparently Otto didn't have any pressure sores on his body when he arrived back into the states which is really extraordinary as it is easy for those individuals who cannot move themselves to end up with significant pressure sores if the care is inadequate. I find it odd that he was clearly "cared for" within the North Korean hospital he was a patient in for almost his entire time in NK but he was also clearly tortured and his brain starved of oxygen as evidenced by the contractures of his hands and feet which are signs of significant brain injury. One of my sons has a close friend who went to NK a couple of years before Otto did and I was so shocked that he had done something SO stupid, but he claimed that he enjoyed himself and the people were friendly! I noticed some posters with NK'n propaganda on his wall, and I automatically remembered Otto supposedly taking the poster off the wall and what that act, IF he did it at all, resulted in To any young person thinking of visiting NK DON'T, there's nothing there that you need to worry yourself about. Watch some of the extensive number of documentaries on KZfaq, and you'll realise that Im right. There's a crazy man leading the country, horrific murders of the NK peasant class, and mass starvation. Find a nice beach somewhere and go there! Your parents will thank you.

@TY-Tianyou 16 күн бұрын

Tbf they don't see us as an enemy as much as the Americans

@Goodiesfanful 15 күн бұрын

Top-notch torturers would know how to inflict torture without going too far or leaving obvious traces on the body. I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case with Otto.

@Kopie0830 15 күн бұрын

I think they put him on solitary with little oxygen and water boarded him. Probably electrecuted him as well.

@Goodiesfanful 15 күн бұрын

I remember some priest visiting North Korea unwittingly left his Bible in the men’s room. He was arrested for it as Bibles are banned in North Korea. The conditions he was kept in included a cell with a mouldy toilet and basin. He was released and allowed to leave the country, but his case shows Otto could not have been kept in humane conditions even if torture was not applied.

@artemisiya1549 15 күн бұрын

NK has plenty of chemical and biological weapons and often experiments on perceived dissidents in their own country. I would wager that given the right conditions it wouldn’t be hard to pull off.

@mentalwig420 8 күн бұрын

Why the hell would anyone go to North Korea

@Patrickmorris80 8 күн бұрын

Morel of the story ? Don’t visit North Korea ? , visit just the south

@JEmpireQueen 11 күн бұрын

This is awful. He suffered unimaginable pain before he ever really got to experience the joys that life has to offer. And his parents…I can’t imagine.

@murrayshekelberg9754 10 күн бұрын

He lacked the common sense to survive. There is nothing that happened that he did not choose

@notchit3542 11 күн бұрын

Is like going to a lion's cage when the zoo keeper told you not to go.

@drivenmad7676 9 күн бұрын

Don't believe all the propaganda. Don't brake the law in NK!!! They don't like "bankers"

@rrrogster Күн бұрын

Even worse. It's like climbing into a cage with a man eating starving lion, thinking you're going to have a party.

@Ministry_Of_Silly_Walks 10 күн бұрын

A friend of mine was stationed in South Korea along the DMZ. Every once in awhile, a North Korean would make it over to the south. Every single one of them looked like a concentration camp survivor. (In a sense they were) He was 19 and looked and came closer to systemic evil than most Americans ever will. The experience changed him. How could it not? Had we not intervened in 1950, this would be the fate of all of the Korean people.

@almahilum2233 10 күн бұрын

And by way dude,north Korean never convinced to American to go to his country?

@Edwin-fb7my 16 күн бұрын

Seeing this kid happy while in America...breaks my heart.

@gi7685 16 күн бұрын

Dumbass shoulda stayed in america and stay happy instead of going there. His own fault. Who tf even goes to that shithole

@NeedlesIsmydaddy 15 күн бұрын

Why

@Cloudyyyy88 15 күн бұрын

@@NeedlesIsmydaddyWdym why… have a think…

@NeedlesIsmydaddy 15 күн бұрын

@@Cloudyyyy88 why would he be happy in usa vs a dictatorship

@jr9655 15 күн бұрын

Now imagine a black american being murdered by a cop in his own country. Wait, you don't have to imagine that. It happens everyday

@ronaldlymm7248 14 күн бұрын

That’s why u shouldn’t mess around in other countries

@lurker668 11 күн бұрын

Very likely he didn't. And it wasn't him just a set up.

@ronaldlymm7248 11 күн бұрын

@@lurker668 he took down a propaganda picture in a hotel

@moseslalmuanpuia8988 11 күн бұрын

@@lurker668 he was set up for revenge. The previous amedicans provoked nk by secretly filming videos on the forbidden hotel floor. Much of his confession was based on that incident.

@Davido50 11 күн бұрын

@@ronaldlymm7248 big deal. A poster. They DESTROYED this young guy. A son of America! They are evil. Screw NK.

@Davido50 11 күн бұрын

@@lurker668 Was wrong an made news constantly in Ohio where he was from. NK destroyed this kid & subsequently his family bk home. -NW Ohio

@SeeDaRipper... 9 күн бұрын

It would have been nice if you put the films you were using in the description🙄 (some looked good)🤷‍♂

@April-kl7vg 10 күн бұрын

I know it doesn’t really matter one way or another, but my question has always been - did he really take the sign/poster/photo? Was he the one seen in the footage taking the sign/poster/photo off the wall?

@jaysonharris5088 14 күн бұрын

He picked the wrong Korea. 😔

@nighthiker8872 11 күн бұрын

NOW, YOU TELL HIM! BUTTER AND MARGARINE, LOOK SO SIMILAR.

@carnage0685 11 күн бұрын

how can you pick the right Korea? that's like ingesting poison instead of ingesting molten metal.

@eze3914 11 күн бұрын

Not nice people.

@dan6442 10 күн бұрын

@@eze3914 The "people" have nothing to do with this. Most of them are just trying not to starve to death.

@Flyinghigh888 10 күн бұрын

He likes North Korean girls maybe !

@sayitloudblcknproud 13 күн бұрын

Omg, I had NO idea he came home like that and the he only survived a week after getting home. This is heartbreaking, for real. That young man was beaten early on, probably as soon as he went to prison. Poor Otto😢

@jamesaustralian9829 12 күн бұрын

You can thank Donald Dump and his idiotic rhetoric towards NK for the prisoner being returned in that condition.

@trollmagnet8265 11 күн бұрын

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@nonni139 11 күн бұрын

His parents decided to end his life after only one week. I think his older brother is in the military and Otto was an athlete in school. Some parents are hoping for the best, no matter what. His parent seems to be succesful, so for them he was nothing after he came back in the vegetative state as he was.

@miapdx503 11 күн бұрын

They made sure he couldn't tell the world what they did, what he saw...truly a horrific crime.

@dan6442 11 күн бұрын

"No definitive signs of torture or physical abuse found". Quotation from the video itself. Bottom line is that visiting another country is a bad idea. Pathogens are different and you have no immunity to them.

@ktkclipper 6 күн бұрын

My heart is broken for this young man’s family and the horror he went through ❤❤❤

@KaBaMaRu_ 8 күн бұрын

He tortured so hard and died because of stealing a poster... Imagine if you murder someone in N.Korea what will happen..!!!

@Goodiesfanful 15 күн бұрын

It wouldn’t surprise me if Otto’s coma was the result of torture, but they took care to use methods that would not leave obvious traces on his body.

@gallyi7392 12 күн бұрын

I believe he was injected with poison.

@gyanf 11 күн бұрын

Like in Guatanamo Bay?

@Goodiesfanful 11 күн бұрын

@@gyanf Like in Guantanamo Bay? I imagine so. ☹️

@tracesprite6078 11 күн бұрын

Yes, waterboarding has been used in Guantanamo Bay which is an utter disgrace on the nation of America. Please close GB.

@MaryReese-oy8is 11 күн бұрын

Are you blind?

@bmichael8187 11 күн бұрын

People don't take international warnings seriously. Also, if you make a decision to go somewhere like that, you have to watch every step you make and make no waves at all including no drinking. I've been to that region many times for work and travel and would NEVER go to North Korea. It's so foolish.

@wiseonwords 8 күн бұрын

I also hold that unscrupulous travel agency that lured him into visiting North Korea responsible. They are scum! Otto's family should have sued them too.

@vparakhin 3 күн бұрын

What warnings? North Korea has been a Communist slaughter-house for 70 years. A person has to be suicidal to go there. Otto didn't value his life at all.

@rrrogster Күн бұрын

Especially "entitled" Americans who think they rule the world and they are immune and can ignore the laws of other countries I have lived and worked in several sketchy places in the world,for extended periods of time, always being very careful to be highly respectful of local culture, laws, and most importantly how things really are. When Americans show up as tourists there are often incidents. The typical "ugly American" is alive and well. Incidentally I would ever ever ever go to several countries for any reason and DPRK is at the top of that list.

@missshroom5512 9 күн бұрын

Heartbreaking 😔

@kimmieh8419 6 күн бұрын

UGH! Such a heartbreaking story! It just totally sucks how his loved ones will never know the absolute truth about what really happened. I don't care how old a child is, no parent should have to bury one. I hope they are getting the help and strength they need to keep healing. After even 8 years, they probably still feel like it was yesterday that they woke up to this nightmare. The one small, tiny consolation in this tragedy is that he was here in the states when he perished and not over there. I'm not being disrespectful or anything other than how I know if under the same circumstances, I'd want the decision on when they left us, and I'd want them in my arms. My heart goes out to them that they didn't get a chance to talk to each other. 😢🙏

@CocoCece08 16 күн бұрын

Going to North Korea is almost like going to Russia and toppling Lenin's statue. There's things you DO NOT DO if you value your life.

@sriharshacv7760 15 күн бұрын

At least in Russia, they ensure that they can exchange you for some war criminal (at least you could hope that you would be left in good physical condition).

@gregchijoff9959 15 күн бұрын

Russia is not the Soviet Union. Typical US poorly educated moron.

@RemoWilliams1227 15 күн бұрын

Yeah but Otto didn't do anything, his mistake was going to such a backward hellish place at all.

@Jackpan272 15 күн бұрын

he didn't even do shit tho

@gbgbgbgb1 14 күн бұрын

@@Jackpan272 he ripped a poster down

@t.d108 10 күн бұрын

NO WAY would I EVER go to that country‼️

@SweetJustice11 9 күн бұрын

Never!

@DungarooTV 9 күн бұрын

Key learning from this - don't go to places that your mother wouldn't allow you to go to!

@johnnyc1227 9 күн бұрын

When traveling to foreign countries people need to take things very seriously. We are used to leniency in every aspect of life kids know they can get away with just about anything so they don't take things seriously anywhere else. This poor guy was an example how evil the North Korean government is.

@John-sp7vl 11 күн бұрын

Avoid going to places where you're hated.

@arvi8843 16 күн бұрын

I don't see appeal in NK as a tourist when it's very well known most sceneries and the way people lived were staged. Other than thrill and maybe bragging, there's no point to go to NK.

@anarchyintheusa4443 15 күн бұрын

People care more about clout than their own lives

@DanMorgan-bh5fv 15 күн бұрын

Go ask the same people who summit K2 these questions.

@renemejias1842 14 күн бұрын

You have probably never listened to Moranbong band then. Or seen the amazing choreography of the parades and stadium shows.

@arvi8843 14 күн бұрын

@@renemejias1842 I did. There's a lot of NK documentary in YT. There's even documentaries of some citizens journey to escape NK, the routes they took and the political climate of surrounding countries that if they got caught they will be returned to NK. It would be very awkward to enjoy watching a parade knowing people aren't treated well and under a totalitarian style of government. It's all for show.

@keithbentley6081 13 күн бұрын

No point in going. Do you see how the language works dummy? It has to flow.

@gregeddy264 Күн бұрын

And the fact it didn’t trigger a conflict between the us and North Korea is beyond me

@pandaman1968 9 күн бұрын

Otto was arbitrarily arrested, tried without due process, tortured, left comatose, then returned to the US before he died on North Korean soil. There is zero evidence to date that he committed any crime in NK, and zero evidence that he ever even took a poster. It is highly ironic that people on this thread are chastising him for taking a poster in NK or disrespecting the laws of a foreign country when there is zero evidence in ANY body of law that he broke or disrespected any law in NK.

@elvisdidit7863 12 күн бұрын

When I drove my car one day I passed a big billboard that said "speed kills" but I would say "stupidity kills too".

@jordanm6843 10 күн бұрын

Cool story

@Lana-un2qk 10 күн бұрын

You saw 'someone' getting that poster. You couldn't see it was him. Maybe they just wanted an American? I didn't saw good evidence against him

@HandsomeManNamedTony 10 күн бұрын

Sad but true, like who tf is that crazy to go to NORTH KOREA???? 😭

@Shingo_Aoi 10 күн бұрын

It's too easy to say that now. There are many people who visited North Korea and 99,99% of them was fine, there also some vlogs on KZfaq. Their chance to die were the same as Otto's, yet nobody criticize all those other people, just because they had more luck.

@cheery-hex 10 күн бұрын

@@Shingo_Aoi totally agree

@tomadams266 12 күн бұрын

They tortured him. Should've done an autopsy.

@dan6442 11 күн бұрын

From the video; "No definitive signs of torture or physical abuse found". Basically this video was a nothing burger. Nothing new was learned. Only a video to bring out emotions.

@StormyMonday0896 10 күн бұрын

What's the point? Someone is going to prosecute NK?

@rrrogster Күн бұрын

Why? There is absolutely nothing they could find that would make any difference at all.

@montamiddleton9318 Күн бұрын

You think NK is gonna feel bad if we know how they killed him? Best leave it be. His parents are the ones that need closure.

@MarkGelderland 11 сағат бұрын

@@rrrogster You can have internal injuries without fysical signs; trauma. Countries like that specialize in that kind of torture. Internal bleeding from trauma in the liver or spleen f.i..

@freereinartstudio1463 9 күн бұрын

This story was heart wrenching! I had kids his age traveling (not to North Korea) when this happened. It was terrible to see him come home in the condition he was in. His poor family! :(

@patrickdearing4083 8 күн бұрын

He picked the wrong place to study abroad.

@rrrogster Күн бұрын

Study? He was on a party tour. Maybe you should actually listen to the video.

@saino2001 12 күн бұрын

Otto Warmbier wasn't kidding when he said he'd "made the worst mistake of his life." You DON'T go into a brutal dictatorship and then try to steal a poster. He reminds me of that American kid who brought a can of spray paint to Singapore to conduct a little graffiti art, and then got caned in jail! It's just TOO STUPID.

@elizabethsalvatore1633 12 күн бұрын

If it’s true! I don’t think he did anything.

@stischer47 12 күн бұрын

@@elizabethsalvatore1633 Obviously you aren't thinking.

@village1316 11 күн бұрын

I wish I could get an American who can explain to me why Americans visit North Korea and other anti-American countries. Things don't just add up. Someone is not saying the truth

@kalewintermute28 11 күн бұрын

@@stischer47 Please feel free in your highly thinking way to set out the evidence that he stole a poster which isn't entirely reliant on grainy distant CCTV footage and contradictory to his friends evidence on timelines ... go.

@iihh517 11 күн бұрын

@@stischer47did you even watch the video?

@vivian2217 11 күн бұрын

There's a reason the US has a travel advisory warning for North Korea. Otto may have been educated. However, he didn't pay attention during history class or take warnings seriously. Having wealthy parents can be a recipe for disaster 😢

@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor 8 күн бұрын

He had a crappy history class. I know I did. That's not even getting into the non history of communist brutality and murder

@steveturner2763 6 күн бұрын

That's right, blame the victim.

@bluetextonwhitebg 4 күн бұрын

@@steveturner2763 yes, we're blaming the victim. is that okay with you, snowflake?

@JacksonWalker-ur4fx 4 күн бұрын

I’d say being religious is what’s getting all these people into trouble

@JacksonWalker-ur4fx 4 күн бұрын

@@steveturner2763 religious zealots need to stay away from places they don’t belong. It puts all of us Americans in danger when you go try and spread the word. HES been to Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea. How about he travels to the slums of America to make a change instead of trying to help our enemy’s. Religion and the peace corps cause more problems than they help.

@ariesfairy4444 4 күн бұрын

poor Otto he seemed like a sweet soul who was just curious of how other people lived their lives in such a strict culture :( sucks that’s what led to his demise, i hope he’s resting peacefully🤍🕊️

@vparakhin 3 күн бұрын

It's not a strict culture. It's a Communist concentration camp. One has to be suicidal to go there.

@MiC-T 5 күн бұрын

I totally get being 22 and wanting to visit North Korea. When I was 22 I probably would have gone. Hell, I probably would have gone anyway at 50 because I believe in the goodness of people and that if I am respectful they will be. It shows he had a pure heart and was an adventurous young American who probably would have helped North Korea or at least spoke about North Korea in a positive way had he survived his trip but you cannot tempt evil. The governments of North Korea and their allies are pure evil. Young Otto was guilty of being a good person in an evil place. May God bless you, young American dude. You represented us well with your spirit and goodness in the face of horror and terror. You refused to live in fear of your fellow human being.

@rrrogster Күн бұрын

This is an example of stupidity. Wanting to visit NPRK at 22 and 50? Unbelievable. Being this naive in middle age is really hard to believe. This is the type of person that would end up exactly like Otto.

@user-qg3fr6lo7r 10 күн бұрын

When this happened, many ridiculed this guy for watching too much CNN and not living in reality. Granted, he visited the last place on earth any sane person would want to be. And it was pretty stupid. However, my heart was still saddened for both Otto and his family. And there was never any doubt in my mind that this poor soul was tortured and beaten to death. I just hope Otto made his peace with God before his passing.

@sistergamesquadbally8605 10 күн бұрын

Amen, we pray he made his peace with the Lord, that is the most important thing 🙏

@iamthatiam363 16 күн бұрын

Why would you even set foot anywhere near that place!?

@k125catu5 15 күн бұрын

Adventure?

@kevinmorgan7085 15 күн бұрын

@@k125catu5Stupidity

@opo3628 15 күн бұрын

Adventure? In NK? Please, dude. 🙄 Sit down.

@ryanarcher8683 15 күн бұрын

Social media cred I guess

@alanguages 15 күн бұрын

Socialist Paradise.

@chriscurtis1578 7 күн бұрын

To the young men and women who want to travel the world listen up, North Korea has nothing for you but death and despair. What a tragic story. I only hope it will warn others to stay out of that cursed nation.

@sunshinepatsoph4219 4 күн бұрын

Not only going to the least touristic place where human rights are a rarity, but daring to comit illicit acts while in their land.🙄

@irawilliams343 16 күн бұрын

He was framed. Killing him was North Korea's way of sending the message that they can do whatever they want.

@earldriskill3505 15 күн бұрын

They singled him out because he was an American. Nobody else in his group was arrested.

@JoeBlow-fp5ng 14 күн бұрын

Definitely sounds like a pure set up.

@irawilliams343 14 күн бұрын

@@JoeBlow-fp5ng I saw the interviews of the tourists who were with him. One girl definitely establishes a solid alibi that it wasn't Otto.

@shadowrain3513 13 күн бұрын

No Its not you stupid Americans think you own the world you break the rule of other countries and think you will never be punished

@shadowrain3513 13 күн бұрын

@@irawilliams343fuck you she's lying you stupid Americans think you own the world break the rule and think you will get away with it

@bobdobalina838 10 күн бұрын

A "party trip" to north korea. what could go wrong?

@majermike 2 күн бұрын

drinking is always a good choice when you're walking a knife's edge thru hell

@andythomas9564 9 күн бұрын

People walk around so delusional too how cruel the world can be…

@YingJwo 2 күн бұрын

Upon return to the US, he was evaluated by multiple physicians independently and found to have no evidence of torture (ie. No scars, trauma marks, healing fractures, etc.). A CT of his brain revealed signs of anoxic brain injury. My suspicion is that he tried to hang himself. He must have been going through a tremendous amount of psychological stress with the idea of not coming back home and having no contact with friends and loved ones. A very sad tragedy.

@wendiwonderly1419 13 күн бұрын

No one should have a feeding tube inserted in their nose except in an emergency until one could be surgically placed in the stomach. Certainly not 15-17 months. The tube itself can erode the nasal tissue but worse, they become dislodged and the liquid feeding is pumped right into the lung. If he didn’t have waterboarding before he did then. That may explain some of the brain damage. There were also signs that he had a major heart attack. The heart muscle would be unable to pump the blood volume to the rest of the body and it would back up out the pulmonary artery and into the lung. Forced feeding through a tube would only increase the blood volume. So if he didn’t drown in misplaced tube feeding he may have gone into congestive heart failure and drown in his own fluids. It just makes me sick to think of what that poor young man went through along with his parents

@renardfranse 11 күн бұрын

sorry no sympathy!!!!!!!!

@byngostar6895 11 күн бұрын

@@renardfransewhat??

@murrayshekelberg9754 11 күн бұрын

He chose it

@Stupidname909 15 күн бұрын

I used to humor the idea of going to North Korea just to see how much it is really the way they say, then THIS happened, and I stopped joking about it. I've met kids from China in school, and told me that no matter how bad I think NK is- it's worse than that.

@earldriskill3505 14 күн бұрын

The Chinese kids are right. I've watched some documentaries on N Korea. It's a nightmare concerning the evil that is committed there.

@jamesrecknor6752 13 күн бұрын

A glorious, revolutionary, God hating atheist government. What could go wrong?

@HowToSurviveShow 12 күн бұрын

Yeah - not really funny after learning this story!

@sebastianconstantin5176 12 күн бұрын

many youtubers been there since this incident and nothing happened.

@ingridgallagher1029 12 күн бұрын

@@sebastianconstantin5176still, spending your money on visiting such a horrifically anti humanitarian regime is beyond unethical. Even if nothing happens to you there is a plethora of other very good reasons not to go.