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- Birth nameOtto Frederick Warmbier
- Otto Warmbier was born on December 12, 1994 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He died on June 19, 2017 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- American college student who on June 13, 2017, was released by North Korea in a coma after almost 18 months in captivity. US doctors described his condition as a state of "unresponsive wakefulness" and said he suffered a "severe neurological injury" of unknown cause. Warmbier was accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner while visiting with a tour group and was convicted of subversion. He was put before North Korean officials and journalists for a televised "confession" and was sentenced to 15 years in prison at hard labor. He died six days after his release.
- [during the North Korean trial and his last words.] I beg of you and the North Korean Government of the DPRK for your forgiveness! Please, I've made the worst mistake of my life!
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