American student Otto Warmbier that 17 months was in prison in North Korea and was returned home in a coma about a week ago, died in a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In a White House statement, Trump said, "A lot of bad things happened, but at least we got him home to be with his parents".
Warmbier, a UVA student, was arrested for trying to steal an item bearing a propaganda slogan and was sentenced to 15 years hard labor.
In their statement yesterday, Otto's family said they believed the young man had found a peace of sorts after being flown home.
Warmbier was leaving North Korea on January 2, 2016, when he was detained at the airport.
In the wake of Warmbier's detention and death, the Young Pioneers company has updated is "North Korea FAQ" page, starting with its top question: "How safe is it?"
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The funeral will be held at 9 a.m.at Wyoming High School, where Warmbier was an athlete and salutatorian of his 2013 class. Moon expressed condolences to the Warmbier family and the American people.
FILE - In this March 16, 2016, file photo, American student Otto Warmbier, center, is escorted at the Supreme Court in Pyongyang, North Korea. The North Korean government says they don't exist. The State Department Special Representative, following a directive from President Trump to facilitate the release of Americans held in North Korea, asked for the 22-year-old to be freed because of his deteriorating condition.
The Warmbier's were fighting for his release. Trump also mentioned that the United States is fully against the brutality of the regime.
The company Mr Warmbier travelled with, China-based company Young Pioneer Tours, has announced it will no longer take visitors from the USA to the country. The company says the "tragic outcome" of Warmbier's trip - the American died after being jailed and had been in a coma - prompted the change. Doctors who examined Otto Warmbier after his release said there was no sign of botulism in his system. He was released June 13 on humanitarian grounds after claims by North Korean authorities that he took a sleeping pill and never recovered consciousness. South Korea and Canada, along with the United States, has been fighting to regain the prisoners into their respective countries, but North Korea is still adamant in enforcing its own laws and punishments. "The United States should ban tourist travel to North Korea", Royce was quoted as saying in a statement published of the committee's website on Monday.
A public funeral service for a USA student who was detained in North Korea and eventually released in a coma has been scheduled for Thursday at his hometown high school in Ohio.
Bae, a Korean-American missionary from Lynnwood, Washington, was imprisoned for more than two years after North Korea charged him for anti-state activities.
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