Miscer sent to 15 yrs hard labour for stealing a propaganda poster in North Korea

[meteoraniac]

He probably did it for the reps

North Korea court sentences US student to 15 yrs hard labour- Xinhua


SEOUL, March 16 (Reuters) - North Korea's supreme court sentenced American student Otto Warmbier, who was arrested while visiting the country, to 15 years of hard labour for crimes against the state, China's Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, was detained by the North in January for trying to steal an item bearing a propaganda slogan from his hotel in Pyongyang and had confessed to crimes against the state, North Korean media said previously.

Warmbier, who is from Wyoming, Ohio, and was 21 at the time of his arrest, told a media conference in Pyongyang last month that his crime "is very severe and pre-planned."

He was at the end of a five-day New Year's group tour of North Korea when he was delayed at airport immigration before being taken away by officials, according to the tour operator that had arranged the trip.

North Korea has a long history of detaining foreigners and has used jailed Americans in the past to extract high-profile visits from the United States, with which it has no formal diplomatic relations.

North Korea is also holding a Korean-Canadian Christian pastor it sentenced to hard labour for life in December for subversion.

It has previously handed down lengthy sentences to foreigners before freeing them.

In 2014, North Korea released three detained Americans.

Former Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, who had previously travelled to North Korea, met the North's ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday to press for the release of Warmbier, the New York Times reported.

"I urged the humanitarian release of Otto, and they agreed to convey our request,” Richardson was quoted as saying.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/wo...sentenced.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35818581

[Poonti]

damn. must be scary for him, being in a country that is so different from home, serving 15 years of labor for nothing.

[Krat0z]

FeelsBadMane. Dont Cry, everything is gonna be Fine ;(

[XXLAFLAME]

tourist are blatantly monitored in north korea what an idiot

if i went to n korea better believe i wont be doing anything dumb there

[sammywatkins]

Play stupid games win stupid prizes.


Not srs. Feels bad. Just read an old story from 2013 where some NK guy was killed for making a phone call to his friend in SK and taking about how sh*tty it is.

[3eb]

for the aware greek brahs, he is a brother

[Ceo10kdaybro]

He'll be 36 if he makes it to the end...

[fezjones]

i would never go to north korea, even if it all seemed monitered and safe. ****ing moronic to risk your life in an area where you would have zero legal protection.

[WSG1]

Lmao@ crying like a bish over hard labor.


Good ****ing god men are so ****ing sensitive and soft now.

[Poonti]

Lmao@ crying like a bish over hard labor.


Good ****ing god men are so ****ing sensitive and soft now.

lol? hes crying because his future is gone. All his hopes and ambition. Who knows how his friends/family will be when he actually survives the 15 years and gets to go back. Probably was someone who was social and now he has to spend 15 years in solitude, no one to relate to.

yeah play stupid games win stupid prizes. poor brah

[Mythenthefang]

He'll be 36 if he makes it to the end...

He won't

If he's alive by the end he won't be anywhere near the same person

Poor guy, but he's retarded for doing that in such a place

If you're visiting north korea just ****ing keep your head down brahs

[Iamasupersayin]

How is this real if N.korea isn't even real

[jakobi78]

Lmao@ crying like a bish over hard labor.


Good ****ing god men are so ****ing sensitive and soft now.

lol hard labour in nk is like death sentence

[smoked04]

Wow. Why the fuk would you go there as an American anyway.


I don't think he'll do any real time though, just posturing on the north Koreans behalf and propaganda moves.

Guy's a moran though, even more retarded going there as an American but I'd probs do it too Lmfao.

[TheIronAsylum]

good maybe hel actually looks like he lifts after that

[meteoraniac]

Wow. Why the fuk would you go there as an American anyway.


I don't think he'll do any real time though, just posturing on the north Koreans behalf and propaganda moves.

Guy's a moran though, even more retarded going there as an American but I'd probs do it too Lmfao.

tbf many americans go on trips to NK, but no one is stupid enough to pull off a stunt like this

[nkiritsis13]

That's truly unfortunate to hear because his life is destroyed.

Personally, I have no idea why people go to North Korea. I just can't wrap my head around it: Why would you go to North Korea? That's like running away from the finish line into a nest of barbed wire.

For all the moral policing being done around the world (usually the middle east), it's rather incredible North Korea is left to be the world's littelst sh*thead nation, mistreating their people, allowing them to starve, torture them, and test nukes.

Which then circles back to why would you want to go to North Korea? That in it of itself is backward.

How is this real if N.korea isn't even real

North Korea: Where the grocery stores are fake and the nationalism is brainwashed in, but the hard labor camps don't skimp on the boulders and trees.

[MaleOrderBride]

Good.

Let this be a lesson to MISC'ers: the Real World is tough and cruel and hard. MISC is full of too many spoilt, Western kids who have never seen war...never seen poverty...never had to struggle for anything...always had everything handed to them on a silver platter...

The majority of the world are struggling day-to-day to just to have one meal a day. MISC has become a cesspit of white suburban boys with too much money and too much time on their hands. You are a cotton-wool generation...coddled by your parents...and you act all tough online with you secret "in-jokes"...but in reality...we are all scared little boys acting tough. Like this guy that got arrested...and is now bawling his eyes out.

Please do some volunteer work in a Third World Country to realise how lucky we MISC'ers are in USA, Australia and UK. We are so blessed and have cushy lives...yet we all act tough on here and complain about HBB's and act like we would be so bad-ass in a fight...but in real-life...we are all scared little white boys.

[seiji69]

[MyLastSemester]

Guarantee he thought he could get away with it because he's white and he's in Asia. He'll probably be released though because of international support, while the Korean-Canadian won't be because no one gives a fuk about Asian males.

[5u8human]

oh look, another white man trying to be a hero in asia, like really? galavanting about all the way to this isolated country with your whiteman knows best attitude to show them the error of their ways, god, just leave them alone


it's a damn shame that the sentence was so lenient, dude needs to be put in re-education camp as well, north koreans need to teach him about his place in the world and stop with the superman complex

[PrivilegeCheker]

That's truly unfortunate to hear because his life is destroyed.

Personally, I have no idea why people go to North Korea. I just can't wrap my head around it: Why would you go to North Korea? That's like running away from the finish line into a nest of barbed wire.

For all the moral policing being done around the world (usually the middle east), it's rather incredible North Korea is left to be the world's littelst sh*thead nation, mistreating their people, allowing them to starve, torture them, and test nukes.

Which then circles back to why would you want to go to North Korea? That in it of itself is backward.

North Korea: Where the grocery stores are fake and the nationalism is brainwashed in, but the hard labor camps don't skimp on the boulders and trees.

It's always those socialist college kids that think NK is actually really nice. And that it's just demonized by evil capitalists propaganda that go over there. NK has these programs for westerners to go visit them to show them great Best Korea is. Similar to "The Interview" movie they only show them the "good" parts so they could come back home and have nothing but positive things to say about that place.

[ausri]

Just lol at people going to NK. Its the biggest chithole in the world. Whats so cool going to NT where people are starving and getting killed for stupid reasons. I dont even feel sad for that guy getting 15 years hard labour. Being such an idiot goin to that chithole country and doing stupid stuff like he did is pathetic.

[p7nk]

Who the **** would go there and **** around like this? ****ing idiot... good riddance.. boyo will be dead in less than 4

[Highwind7]

anyone who goes to North Korea (even as a tourist) should expect this to happen to them. when you play with fire, you gonna feel dem flames. and he'll be feelin' them loooooong.

[Kev1972]

Idiot for going there. Got what he deserved. Ayyy time ldar for a quick 15.

[JediRN]

Should have just Negged him and given him a two week ban.

Kim is a *******

[AshWar]

Play stupid games

[CickSunt]

for the aware greek brahs, he is a brother

what do you mean by Greek brahs? fraternity?

[Milamber]

Yeah well it was a stupid thing to do, natural selection will sort him out, he wont survive the 14 years.

I literally have no sympathy for him, its North Korea, why the hell would you do anything that you think will piss them off.