A US judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay $501 million over the death of American Otto Warmbier, concluding that the university student likely suffered torture.
Otto Warmbier, the US student released in a coma last week after nearly 18 months in detention in North Korea, died on Monday, prompting President Donald Trump to slam the "brutal regime" in Pyongyang.
The US has called on North Korea to immediately release an American student sentenced to 15 years' hard labour for crimes against the state.
US student Otto Warmbier has been given 15 years hard labour in North Korea for crimes against the state.
A US judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay $501 million over the death of American Otto Warmbier, concluding that the university student likely suffered torture.
Otto Warmbier, the US student released in a coma last week after nearly 18 months in detention in North Korea, died on Monday, prompting President Donald Trump to slam the "brutal regime" in Pyongyang.
The US has called on North Korea to immediately release an American student sentenced to 15 years' hard labour for crimes against the state.
US student Otto Warmbier has been given 15 years hard labour in North Korea for crimes against the state.
