A United States official said on Tuesday that spy satellites had detected new movements at North Korea's nuclear test site, but it was unclear if Pyongyang was preparing for a sixth nuclear test.
Pyongyang's response was published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. Warmbier arrived in the United States in a coma last week and died Monday.
Two months later, he was found guilty of committing "hostile acts" against the North Korean regime and sentenced to 15 years' hard labor in a trial that reportedly lasted about an hour. Doctors in the U.S. said Warmbier had severe brain damage and was in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness".
Warmbier, 22, was arrested in the reclusive country while visiting as a tourist.
President Donald Trump said he was running out of patience with the North Korean regime.
His death heightened the conflict between the North and the United States already aggravated by North Korea's defiant missile launches and two nuclear tests since early previous year as part of its effort to build a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of hitting the USA mainland.
Later, he was seen on TV tearfully confessing that he attempted to steal a propaganda banner from a hotel.
Warmbier was buried yesterday in OH, less than a week after he was sent back home in a mysterious coma.
Warmbier's release coincided with former basketball star Dennis Rodman's latest visit to North Korea, though U.S. national security spokesman Michael Anton denied there was a connection between the two.
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More than 2,000 people attended Warmbier's public memorial service Thursday at Wyoming High School in Wyoming, Ohio.
Heo has now defected again to South Korea and is studying English at the Teach North Korean Refugees centre.
A piece of legislation meant to curb American travel into North Korea got a boost in Congress on Thursday when House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce, a California Republican, agreed to move the bill through his committee. North Korea released him last week for what it described as humanitarian reasons and he died Monday in a USA hospital.
North Korea said he had contracted botulism and that it was releasing him on "humanitarian grounds".
The exact cause of Warmbier's death remains unclear.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues to work closely with top Chinese officials in high level meetings to find solutions to the North Korea threat.
South Korea said the women defected on their own, while North Korea claimed they were deceived and abducted to the South.
North Korea issued a statement last July threatening to shut down its NY channel of communication with the United States, while refusing to talk with diplomats about the detainees.
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