Dem senator rips North Korea in speech honoring OH native Otto Warmbier

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Warmbier died in OH yesterday [Macau time], days after being released by North Korea.

"No conclusions about the cause and manner of Mr. Warmbier's death have been drawn at this time, as there are additional medical records and imaging to review and people to interview", the coroner's office said in its statement. The coroner, Lakshmi Kode Sammarco, is expecting to release initial results from her examination later on Tuesday or on Wednesday, Jasper said.

North Korea should be condemned by every nation in the world that cares about human rights.

Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old college student who had gone to North Korea as part of a tour, returned home last week with severe head injuries - "extensive loss of brain tissue in all regions of his brain", according to doctors.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) described Warmbier's death as "murder" but called on Americans "stupid" enough to travel to North Korea to sign a waiver not to hold the U.S. responsible if something happens to them.

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Tillerson called for increased efforts to curtail the North's illicit revenue streams of revenue that allegedly help fund its nuclear weapon and missile programs. They did not cite a specific cause of death.

"Unfortunately, the very bad torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible", they said. Unresponsive wakefulness is a medical term for persistent vegetative state. Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years hard labor, but was sent home to OH on June 13 in a coma, dying days after his release, after spending 17 months in captivity. In response to the tragedy, US officials have reportedly been considering a travel ban that would prohibit American citizens from visiting the country until further notice. He was sentenced to 15 years' hard labour in a gulag for "hostile acts against the DPRK". His family says it was told he had been in a coma since soon after his sentencing.

He and his predecessor/father, the late Kim Jong Il, have long ruled with fear and megalomania, and they taunt both the United States and South Korea, strengthened by a trade alliance with China.

The tour operator said that it was denied any opportunity to meet with Warmbier after his detention, and that the way it was handled was "appalling".

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