Agree that poster maybe nothing to some but to others that posters priceless . At the end of the day Otto Warmbie shouldn't took the poster he was in North Korea he should respect the people and culture. He's a educated guy he's not dumb he knows the deal.
They most likely tortured him terribly for a while, and then got order to stop and wait until all his wounds are healed so they can send him back… the only wound that was still there was on his foot, so they might’ve used like a sledgehammer to torture him on his feet and that one just was taking so long to heal… or they did it so he couldn’t run away….who knows….what a sick country, hope whoever had anything to do with him gets worse punishment one day
5 years later and I’m still thinking about what happened to this boy and how unfair and disgusting they took this boys entire life away and he plead for his life how inhuman do you have to be to do this to another human being over a poster? Rip otto u didn’t deserve this fly high 🕊️
You should know the habbits and rules if you visit a foreing Country. So it´s his own fault. Theire Country, theire Rules. Don´t birng yourself in Danger, so you will survive. Amerikans often don´t care if they are travelling..* i am a foreigner so this don´t affects me*. LEarn about other Cultures and Rules, so you don´t get in Trouble in the first place.
@@gerryatriesilke which is why I will never travel to a communist country. The rules just don't apply like the western Democratic world. If you do something wrong or if your in the wrong place at the wrong time then they will detain you, make up a list of charges and in those places your guilty until proven innocent. Complete opposite to the western system. Again just don't travel to those places.
Druggist HERE'S A BETTER IDEA. DON'T GO ANYWHERE ON THIS PLANET AND THINK YOUR SO SPECIAL LAW DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU ... GIVE RESPECT EVEN IF ITS NOT RECIPROCATED. FUCK EM !!
Jun Chen PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY HAVING A CALCIFIED PINEAL IS THE EQUIVALENT TO A BRAIN MINUS THE MIND. .THIS IS THE NATURE OF THE NEANDERTHAL NOT THE HUMAN ..
Going to North Korea is ok. It's actually a very safe place to travel to. *If you behave*. The problem is, Americans think they can get away with anything they feel like doing abroad, because - 'merica. Unfortunately this guy decided to behave like a douchebag in wrong place. Sad and avoidable. Just behave yourselves.
Imagine being a 21 year old college student and being sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for taking a poster that (to North Korea) is worth more than your life, I couldn't begin to imagine how scary that would be
@@simonpapik6365 It makes no sense for them to target only one American tourist for no reason. He most likely did try to steal but obviously that doesn't make what happened ok
I feel bad but this is why Americans shouldn’t joke about North Korea’s situation and send young people there. I see a lot of Christians go on missionary trips and they fail to understand what’s at risk there, yet bring in literal teenagers who of course clueless. The privileges Americans are so used to when going abroad mean nothing to them. Westerners shouldn’t assume they can get away with everything, especially white tourists. My korean family knows the cruelty of what war and abusive leadership does to a country’s people, it’s not something that should be taken lightly.
Okay but who jokes about North Korea. Never heard it in my life. Why do people ever think we joke about that? Maybe it was on social media years back Idk I’m confused.
@@summervv2776 idk why, NK has always been twitchy on their "war" button. It's stupid to think that it's okay to joke about it, especially when it could cost you your life.
@Kon TheOverlord I honestly don't know what's true here. Many people say that this was orchestrated and the person in the video wasn't even him. He was just used as a bait for political gain. Maybe that's why I reacted that way to your comment. I just came across this and am still overwhelmed by how ridiculous this is.
This disgusts me to the core! I cannot fathom the trauma he went through in North Korea camp, that just scares me and My well being. I am thankful to live in a free country without any harsh punishments. That man had a bright future and one mistake changed his life forever. :(
well,it was a PRETTY BIG mistake...you mess with the bull and you get the horns.dude was straight up asking for it.these people are absolutely fuckin NUTS.why would you go disturb the hornets nest?
Free country?Cry me a river bitch. ua-cam.com/video/YJH8S95_LAE/v-deo.html I think we should start sacking up americans in Russia for no reason at all too.See how u gonna feel about it
Well he took down the poster what do you expect them to do he should've known the country's rule. If you break the rules no one can do anything on your behalf.
I can't imagine someone with high ambitions, dreams , a bright student of high school had his life end this way , rest in peace Otto , may your soul rest in peace 🙏
If he was that bright, he wouldn't have trespassed on to government property to steal pictures considered as "national treasure" knowing north korean citizens them self get punished harshly for doing similar crimes. To call Otto bright, is to cause insult to every other person who actually is bright
Him being ambitious and bright shouldn’t matter (cough USA people who only amount you to having value if you’re an overachiever and fake put together cough) what matters is he was a human being that suffered!!
@@mikeyrobinson5355 does that mean you sedate someone to the point of a vegetable state as a punishment? I wonder what dopey fucking delusional world you live in Mikey
Yes, I just watched Australias 60 minutes report and interview with his parents. I am heartbroken imagining the horrors and injustices that this poor innocent kid had to endure. His parents said when he finally was brought home, he was like a wild animal that had been tortured and had brain damage and was now blind, deaf, and just howling in agony ... that they couldn't even touch him because he would scream :( He was tortured most likely non stop in the most brutal ways possible :( It is sickening and I feel so angry for what he went through and what others must be going through right now :(
I understand the thrill of wanting to see a forbidden place but North Korea is worse than hell .. people there must act like robots to not mess up and face death.. rest in peace Otto 😔
@Raul Lugo exactly, going to a country where there is no flight, u have to go through train, there is no embassy on ground, just in name of adventure is foolishness
I don't even consider North Korea a country. If I visited every country in the world and didn't visit North Korea, I still believe I visited every country in the world because I visited the peninsula of Korea just the southern portion. Basically that's like going to Okinawa Japan but not Tokyo or Sapporo. You still can claim. You've been to Japan. So by that regard, I have no reason to go to North Korea.
he literally stole a poster, and was sentenced to 15 years of labor? imagine if he wasn't in North Korea, imagine if he did that in America. the circumstances were WAY too high for him just trying to steal a poster. and it wasn't just JAIL or PRISON he went to. he was probably tortured and starved and beat up. NO ONE should have to DIE because they tried to steal a poster.
Thats like stealing an egg from an alligator and saying "No the alligator shouldn't have bit my arm off, I only stole an egg!". He should have known the consequences, fair or not.
sgtjoe2008 a guy was wrongfully sent to prison for over 17 years for allegedly stealing a purse in America. Released him last week when they found out a guy that looks like him was the one that commuted the crime
Seeing your child eduring extreme inhumane treatment, and all you as a parent can do is pray while watching your child suffer......is the hardest experience of mankind.
Why don't people understand life is so much precious . I mean u can't just kill some one just for stealing a poster . The mentality of dumb people like Kim Jong un is unbelievable. It's so sad that he begged for his life .
I think it's easy to judge. Yes, he made an incredibly poor decision first by going to North Korea and second by breaking the law in such a hostile country, but I do have empathy for him and his family. While they were very poor decisions he didn't deserve to be tortured and killed, and I would hope we can all agree on that
Well no one deserves to be tortured, but he was an idiot and he knew he was poking the bear, besides it's not like our government doesn't torture people, ever heard of CIA black sites? Guantanamo bay? Waterboarding? Our government does the same things North Korea does the only difference is our government is better at hiding it
He did, because the north korean citizens would have got the same punishment or forced to endure the entire sentence of hard labour.... he deserved what he got
having to face all these false accusations, and having to endure all this torture both mentally and physically to the point that he's unable to talk or wall properly anymore. rest well, otto you'll be dearly missed.
What kind of idiot goes to North Korea in the first place? This is why other countries hate america, because many of us think we are entitled to go anywhere and do anything we want, as long as we treat other countries like we are above them and better than them this will continue to happen, and I have no sympathy for morons
It’s a terrifying story. A guy in his youth being tortured beyond imagination for something he might have not even done , the cctv footage is not even clear all you see is a figure removing the poster. Also imagine someone being tortured to an extend where they slip into coma and have deformed teeth because of torture. And again I repeat all this for something he probably didn’t even do and imagine the state of his family seeing their son’s condition.
Same... I'm so scared to go to North Korea now. Even if I do end up in North Korea, I'm going to have to play my nicest cards ever. I don't want to come out rude at all and wanna make sure everyone understands that I don't mean harm.
Every time I watch the videos of this story, breaks my heart, Otto was such a young kid, clearly had a bright future ahead of him and had it all taken away from him in a matter of months, so sad.
This is a long exposition of what I think actually happened. Otto was definitely set up by the North Korean secret service. Basically they made up the whole mistery with the 5th floor just to be able to eventually accuse a young, reckless, American tourist of stealing a poster which the whole world already knew, is one of the biggest fellonies in North Korea. Let's use common sense for a second. If the 5th floor had really been off limits and used for surveillance equipment or security staff, so in short sensitive secret inteligence, it would have been impossible for anyone to get to that floor, period and anyone who might have tried, would have ended up in prison instantly. But an online video shows that in 2011 another young guy snicked in and filmed the propaganda posters on this infamous 5th floor, without anyone from the regime saying anything. Do you really think they didn't know he was there filming? I tell you they wanted that guy to show that film, just so that the public knows about this "forbidden" 5th floor and what is there,so they can create context for the future set up of an inocent American. Now let's say that Otto had really tried to pull off this suicidal action, if they cared so much for catching an American doing anything to their holy posters on those walls, he would have been caught on sight, not just caught on a grainy potato quality cctv video that makes it impossible to identify if Otto was there or an alien was there. This proves that North Koreans had been waiting for the right American tourist to frame for this and for the right time to do so. So because they could not catch him on sight, as he was never there, they created the video. Just think about the actual quality of this video. If you start on the premise that the 5th floor is a trap and it is, (but only as a pretext in this case), I bet they actually have state of the art surveillance cameras in each corner to catch anyone wondering around the propaganda posters. Instead, all they show ,is a potato quality, pixelated video which doesn't contain Otto walking away from,or towards any camera, or not even his face, just a shade of a person taking a poster. This just shows that Otto had never been there, because otherwise they could have shown a longer, more detailed video with his entrance, movements, exit and especially his face would have been clear to see. So this 5th floor is a trap in real life, as it physically exists, has the quality surveillance ,but in the case of Otto only really matters from the perspective of their fabricated story. In consequence, because he was not there, there's no quality video and they were forced to make one up, in which you cannot see his face, come one people,think.The Koreans didn't care for the realness or validity of their accusation. Otto was the right age, right mentality of a reckless explorer who decides out of the blue to cut short his trip in China and visit North Korea. The Koreans exploited the fact that he had already done something childish, like taking a tour to North Korea, without any serious preparations and with a dubious company, which they had known for a long time, would eventually bring young Americans, that tick all the boxes for them to be able to hold them accountable for something they never did. Again if North Koreans really wanted to make a solid case against an American, by proving the accusation of ripping posters from the walls of the 5th floor, they would have been able to catch Otto on sight, or second best, get him on camera and a good one this time and nobody would be able to say anything contrary about it. Imagine that this is the state where militia and secret police is literally everywhere, at any given time, as all the people inform about everyone , so an empty, off limits floor is just a trap for our better judgment, an illusion, it is a pretext for the regime to blame the right American for something he/she never did, because everyone else already considers this as an easy to fall in trap for someone as inexperienced like Otto. It is a simple manipulation of the whole world's judgement. You create a pretext for something plausible to happen and then you can accuse exactly and the only one that fits in the already fabricated story . This way, you have already created the grounds for that thing to happen and you just make a fake video and that's it. Also, it is said that Otto was actually spotted by a hotel staff member, but nobody retained him to question what he was doing, until the during flight check in,for the homecoming. That is because the strategy of how to perfectly frame Otto, had not been sorted out, until the final 2 days of their staying and doing it any time sooner would have given Otto and the USA, time to make a move. I believe that the video which allegedly shows Otto taking down a post, had been fabricated a short time before the moment of their planned departure. Also the fact that they lied to the tourist company about Otto being sick and that being the reason why he can't go back with them, shows that they needed time to coerce, even torture poor Otto, into submission, to later make him admit anything. This was made so that anyone trying to prove Otto not guilty, could not do anything, untill the trial when Otto himself confessed what they instructed him to confess. The suicide story brought up by those who say he was not tortured, is nonsense as he accepted to look like a coward and say anything they wanted him to say in an effort to stay alive. And in this regard taking his own life is the opposite of what he was trying to do. But after all Otto should have never gone there in the first place, especially because of the extreme tensions of that moment between North Korea and the USA. At the time when Otto went there, they were constantly bragging about building and testing their first hydrogen bomb and while the world was super alerted about this and against any minimal basic logic, he went there anyway,just to prove he was a brave man, not a boy. I also believe that from all the information available at the moment, he was depraved of oxygen for long periods of time and was also heavily drugged to stay alive and this way he ended up brain dead. So they did torture him, but not by beating him, cause that would have left scars but destroying him from the inside left no marks on the body. Also they knew that using this kind of torture, the truth of what actually happened would never come to light, because they knew about his religion and that his family would never allow an autopsy. The regime used him to attack, America, his Church and the CIA for the purpose of their internal propaganda and for possibly mellowing the sanctions against them for the later testing of the hydrogen bomb, by using him as a negotiation leverage. After they got away with the bomb testing they decided to give Otto back but in such a horrifying state, that anyone in the free world would fear their terror. Also it was crucial for them to return Otto alive but incapable of talking, so that they can still say they did not violate human rights and that they can keep the tourism going. In conclusion this is clear as day, that Otto was killed for being the right person, at the right time, around (not at) the right place. I am 1 month older than Otto, and I was born in a former comunist country of Romania so I have heard a lot about the methods of manipulation and the ugly soviet ways of getting the population into submission, that Ceaușescu used which are similar to the ones used by Kim. So I empathize with the whole situation, that's why I wanted to write my thoughts about it. RIP Otto!
@@ianlloyd4301 You version is really thin. It is almost impossible to believe that a big caliber secret service like CIA would use a 24 year old, to do what? To spy what? You have to consider the fact thay he was there to stay a short time, a couple of days max, so again what to spy? Also he was under permanent surveillance by the North Korean secret service, so nah I don't bite this...
@@SergiuMoldovanDan look dude i dont need to write an essay to prove shit. its called common seance. this kid is not what he seems to be. this story is fake and his parents are fake. if you know anything about human behavior you can easily come to this conclusion by watching their interviews. this is a cover up 100%.
Sergiu-Dan Moldovan wow thank you for taking the time to write this post! A mistake was made. And then another one. These types of places are not a joke. Must be taken seriously and feared. RIP Otto.
It's like people who eat fugu (that deadly food made from glands of pufferfish). People eat it because it's a thrill to say you tried it, knowing that it could kill you if it was not prepared properly. Some people are just thrill seekers and like to be able to brag later on about the crazy things they did. Unfortunately for him, he chose to commit an unlawful act and got caught. Obviously the punishment is ridiculous, but the fact is he knew how insane the government is, yet he still chose to break the law.
the comments that I am seeing about Otto, sicken me. I knew Otto, and I know his family. Whether his decision was stupid or not, it doesn't excuse the fact that he died an unimaginable death. No person deserves that, no matter how dumb their choice. How many times have you messed up and been given grace? I can tell you that it happens everyday. We don't deserve to wake up each morning, yet we do. Cause God has given us an unimaginable amount of Grace. So whether he made a good decision or not, he didn't deserve to die. Period.
Exactly Thieves in other countries are imprisoned for a few months depending on what they stole But what NK did is too much If it's a person from another country, atleast they should send him back immediately and block him from ever going there
that 1st group of guys that snuck onto the 5th floor and took those pics years ago are sooooo fuckin lucky.. but bcuz of them, the security got beefed up.. no one was ever gonna get thru there again.. sad situation.. i will NEVER go there.. smh..
This is miserable! I've never been so glad I was born in a free country even tho the government is unfair it's not controlling imagine a small poster being the end of you I feel bad for his family god bless them and I may his soul rip at least he doesn't have to see their disgusting faces everyday blurred with some tears this is Soo heartbreaking I hope his family is doing okay now and that he's in a better place😭😭
they gave him something that had resulted him being in a coma and never give an update about his condition that he was in coma for almost a year and as soon as when he got back he died. north korea did something that was untraceable except them. it's impossible to believe that he got in a coma after he was arrested and seen when he's healthy.
I agree its funny how he was telling them to think about his family when bitch you should've thought about it your self before doing that shit. He kinda deserved to be imprisoned for doing a stupid thing like that while knowing how it is there. They were just following the rules and doing what was right when someone steals the same thing we do here in America. Their stupid son and themselves should be held accountable for what happened not North Korea. They didnt force him to steal so they can imprison him. Like the fuck maybe they should've taught their son to not steal -_- No offense to the family but I kinda don't feel bad for what happened well except for the death part im sorry about that lol
maryam khan There's no need to be so harsh. Yes, it's never right to steal in any country. But what you have to understand is that North Korea is a harsh, cruel land with death sentences for owning a Bible or watching porn. Even though he got 15 years of hard labor, his parents were aware that this was basically a death sentence and tried desperately to get him out. They did, only to have him die six days later. They're going through a hard time right now. Don't be so harsh
Nosrep Suomynona he was a fucking kid!! I'm sure you were so smart as a kid! Kids do dumb stuff, he didn't deserve to die for it!!! By your words sounds like you think he should have died for this!
Perry Hughes he is not a kid, he is 22 years old, in my county you are already a college graduate by age 20 and working at age 22 so no he is not a kid who made a stupid decision, he is an adult who thought he could get away with what he wanted, sure he didn't deserve to die for something so petty but he CHOSE to do it in a volatile country
How can this country treat with human for such normal crime(even my country we not think this crime) it just a young boys wrong act, this must be forgivable.
Rip. Condolences to his parents and family members. Please people, leave a respectful message under this video. Pray or wish well to his family members who have already suffered so much. Where has common human decency gone?
@@TheBBallEnthusiast That crappy video shows an unknown grainy image; no evidence at all! This was a DPR setup by the vile, sociopathic thugs that run this cesspool. Maybe you should visit there, Mr. Assassin ( ha, ha).
It was a sit up, he wasn't even at the hotel at the time stamp. Him and is group were out at a club and didn't get back till 3am. One of the young people in the groups even said it.
@Simz Zxy it is ridiculous, but in the context of North Korea, he should not have taken anything because I'm sure he knew how insane the country is. Although who knows, some people say he was framed!
SOOO TRUE!❤It is sad. But it was just as the company advertized: A trip to a country you wished your Mother never knew about you went to visit! - And his poor mother found out about it in the most heartbreaking way...
@@milotic7339 I don't have any burden to account for that. I don't accept the claim based on the evidence provided. It's just like in a court where someone votes not guilty. Not guilty doesn't mean innocent, it simply means guilt was not proven. The video is unidentifiable and the confession has a good chance of being coerced. They have a history of kidnapping foreigners and they have a known history of torture and maltreatment. The dude literally came back a vegetable and died. So no, i don't think it is far fetched that he was coerced through torture and that belief casts doubt on the confession, whatever their motivations might have been
Who else would have stolen it? A north Korean? Give me a break. They snuck onto the 5th floor and that idiot thought he could get away with stealing it.
I’m just now able to try to watch video On this subject. It’s too cruel !! It truly pains me to imagine what he went through. How scary !! He’s still such a young man. Such evil vile disgusting people that could do this to him !!
@@ramsenalbazi7435 yes NK has nothing valuable in it, nothing which benefits the rest of the world. Too many brainwashed people. We should bomb NK with our entire force.
It's a tragic story. A young man's life is wasted. Let this be a reminder to us all, don't go there. When all this is said, he chose to go there by him self. The ad said, your mother don't want you to go. He did. He knows it's a cruel regime, with severe punishment. He broke the law. He chose this. I know he is young, and he might not grasp the consequences, he'll I don't. I can't imagine the pain and suffering he's gone through. Not to forget his family. But when foreigners visit my country, I want them to obey the law. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. To us, the penalty is out of proportion. It's their law. If we don't like them, or don't respect them. Stay the f... away. May he rest in peace.
@@meganbaker3825 so? Visiting a country where they consider your country there biggest enemy is supreme level of dumb in first place are US citizens that dumb?
This is sad for everyone involved. Understanding what behavior is acceptable and what’s not is a key factor in enjoying new experiences. As Americans we can’t go places, break rules and feel the penalties shouldn’t apply to us. The sooner we learn to respect the rules of others the sooner we can be respected.
They have no proof that he actually did the crime. You can't tell who that man was in the video. Plus the people he went on the tour with said that some of them including otto weren't even at the hotel at the time that incident happened. He was an innocent American at the wrong place at the wrong time. It was a political thing. North Korea hates Americans.
@@d-sciencestudent3108 yoy can't tell that it was actually him. The video was blurry and you can't see his face. They have cameras all over north Korea yet they couldn't get a good enough video of him taking the poster. A video of him leaving his room or a video of him making his way onto the fifth floor. They have no good evidence and they know that. This was just a way to get back at American. They hate Americans. He isn't the only American they have hostage over there. This was also the same time they were testing a new missel as a way to threaten other countries including America. This was all planned. They know that he didn't do it
What a BS Statement -- He was Tortured to death for taking a Poster -- I hope you can't possibly think this is acceptable -- if so, you are as bad as them... And they are pure Trash.
What you’re forgetting is that he DIDN’T steal the poster. He was held under these conditions, and would’ve likely been tortured beyond all reason for ANY crime, and actually you’re doing him a complete injustice by even alluding to the fact that he stole the poster. He is a victim here, NOT a perpetrator.
I wonder why some people are so ignorant and easily manipulated that they choose to support the evil completely avoiding to see how the story has been fabricated to hide the obvious . Otto was a scholarship student and probably knew the consequences, why would he do something like this . And the confession sounded like the most fake script ever. He was definitely forced to say that .
@@mikeyrobinson5355 Wow...saying a guy deserved death for doing something harmless. He didnt kill anyone and the thing he stole wasnt precious...I hope you also deserve the same treatment otto faced for doing something miniscule mistakes and then we will have a talk if he deserved it or not.
@@mikeyrobinson5355 bruh how do you know he was Otto bruh say the same thing when you did nothing and get punished for death trauma and sooo much more brutal acts
@@mikeyrobinson5355 I dont think you are a human being. You are not normal and are in serious need of mental help. Ted Bundy probably had more compassion than you.
@@arpan7654 if he was Russian this wouldn't even happen to him since NK and Russia are in great relations. He would be arrested then sent back to Russia, that's pretty much about it
It’s such a sad story but situations like this are why US citizens aren’t allowed in North Korea. The fact that his parents felt it was ok for him to bypass the laws in the US and enter North Korea through China is absolutely ridiculous.
I was born in Malaysia and I'm NEVER leaving this peaceful country unless for holiday. I am so grateful that I am born in a country where the police will somehow or rather arrest all the terrorists before they even attack
I have been there twice for work purposes. For me, Malaysia is one if not the most peaceful country I have ever visited. You guys have a beautiful country and lots of great food to enjoy. Good to see you appreciate it.
Only in North Korea a poster costs more than your life
a poster of the poeople
We don’t know if it’s him pic is blurry
@@gailpurcell3075 lol it was him he's a dirty thief.
Some things maybe not valuable by the others. But some people its has a value more than him soul. Think the deference.
Agree that poster maybe nothing to some but to others that posters priceless .
At the end of the day Otto Warmbie shouldn't took the poster he was in North Korea he should respect the people and culture. He's a educated guy he's not dumb he knows the deal.
poor kid , I can't imagine my-21 year old-self facing this fate
the country is like hell on earth. getting arrested.. phew, can almost not comprehend.
Don't break the law. :) Just like cops like to tell PoC when they shoot them dead. :)
It was his fault, he was acting like a hero when he wasn't.
@@nwfyandex Seriously just shut up
Gia~ I’m speaking facts
They weren’t ever gonna send him back until he couldn’t tell what they had done to him
I agree
And that’s exactly what happened 😔💔💔💔
They most likely tortured him terribly for a while, and then got order to stop and wait until all his wounds are healed so they can send him back… the only wound that was still there was on his foot, so they might’ve used like a sledgehammer to torture him on his feet and that one just was taking so long to heal… or they did it so he couldn’t run away….who knows….what a sick country, hope whoever had anything to do with him gets worse punishment one day
Bingo
5 years later and I’m still thinking about what happened to this boy and how unfair and disgusting they took this boys entire life away and he plead for his life how inhuman do you have to be to do this to another human being over a poster? Rip otto u didn’t deserve this fly high 🕊️
Poisoned?
@@ilkeadrall710 tortured with water boarding and electric shock
You should know the habbits and rules if you visit a foreing Country. So it´s his own fault. Theire Country, theire Rules. Don´t birng yourself in Danger, so you will survive. Amerikans often don´t care if they are travelling..* i am a foreigner so this don´t affects me*. LEarn about other Cultures and Rules, so you don´t get in Trouble in the first place.
@@gerryatriesilke which is why I will never travel to a communist country. The rules just don't apply like the western Democratic world. If you do something wrong or if your in the wrong place at the wrong time then they will detain you, make up a list of charges and in those places your guilty until proven innocent. Complete opposite to the western system. Again just don't travel to those places.
He was not thinking a poster what did he learn at UVA Midwest mind set😳😳
That's why you should never go to North Korea.
Lol..That's why you should never STEAL dude.
Or maybe you should just obey the law!
More like That's why you should never steal things while in a foreign country as a guest...
NO THATS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT STEAL!
ACTUALLY YOU DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS OTTO. THE CAMERA FOOTAGE WAS NOT GOOD TO TELL IF IT WAS HIM. SO ACTUALLY idk...
Here's an idea, don't go to north korea
Druggist HERE'S A BETTER IDEA. DON'T GO ANYWHERE ON THIS PLANET AND THINK YOUR SO SPECIAL LAW DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU ... GIVE RESPECT EVEN IF ITS NOT RECIPROCATED. FUCK EM !!
Mr. Koala UNARMED CHILDREN BEING SHOT BY POLICE & NO PUNISHMENT IS WHITE SUPREMACY. ..THAT'S SOUNDS MORE LIKE YOUR IDEA OF NICE LOGIC!
Jun Chen PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY HAVING A CALCIFIED PINEAL IS THE EQUIVALENT TO A BRAIN MINUS THE MIND. .THIS IS THE NATURE OF THE NEANDERTHAL NOT THE HUMAN ..
Dustin Asbury YOU GO TAKE YOUR BRAVE CAVE ASS OVER THERE AND DO IT TUFF THUMBS. NEANDERTHUGS ALL OVER THE DOT TALKIN PRIMITIVE.
Going to North Korea is ok. It's actually a very safe place to travel to. *If you behave*. The problem is, Americans think they can get away with anything they feel like doing abroad, because - 'merica. Unfortunately this guy decided to behave like a douchebag in wrong place. Sad and avoidable. Just behave yourselves.
Imagine being a 21 year old college student and being sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for taking a poster that (to North Korea) is worth more than your life, I couldn't begin to imagine how scary that would be
Whats worst is that it has no proof that he was the one who stole it
It was a fake video footage 🙈
@@simonpapik6365 It makes no sense for them to target only one American tourist for no reason. He most likely did try to steal but obviously that doesn't make what happened ok
@idontevenhaveapla7224 Maybe he was the only american in the group?
They clearly wanted to send a message to America that we are next if we challenge them.. @@idontevenhaveapla7224
I feel bad but this is why Americans shouldn’t joke about North Korea’s situation and send young people there. I see a lot of Christians go on missionary trips and they fail to understand what’s at risk there, yet bring in literal teenagers who of course clueless. The privileges Americans are so used to when going abroad mean nothing to them. Westerners shouldn’t assume they can get away with everything, especially white tourists. My korean family knows the cruelty of what war and abusive leadership does to a country’s people, it’s not something that should be taken lightly.
So what you're saying is that we should start sending Karens' to NK.
Okay but who jokes about North Korea. Never heard it in my life. Why do people ever think we joke about that? Maybe it was on social media years back Idk I’m confused.
@@summervv2776 idk why, NK has always been twitchy on their "war" button. It's stupid to think that it's okay to joke about it, especially when it could cost you your life.
@@summervv2776 because funny
@@AA-vn3ru It really isn’t tho. It’s sad. 🥺
This is why I stay home with my cats.
Good idea
I love cats 🐈
Best advice you can give
Screw your damn cats!! I'll kill everyone of them. Were do you live???
@@kerronthedon9306 calm down kerron
It is sad, my deepest sympathy to Otto's family. Rest in peace.
Monita Castro
Thank you so much for being a good person. After reading some of these other comments, I wish there was a love button.
@@gotouguts2066 why?? He stole anyway🍾😂😂
@@kaloyantodorov9063 a piece of paper :/
@Kon TheOverlord Dude... really?? understand your point but did he deserve to die for something like this??
@Kon TheOverlord I honestly don't know what's true here. Many people say that this was orchestrated and the person in the video wasn't even him. He was just used as a bait for political gain. Maybe that's why I reacted that way to your comment. I just came across this and am still overwhelmed by how ridiculous this is.
I really can't find any words to express the sadness I feel over this. It's impossible.
That wasn’t even him that took that poster, it was a setup!!
Ye something feels off
No. it was him 100%. Still it was really really unfair what they did to him
PRO tip: dont Go north, Go south
"Don't go to North America, come to South America this summer" :)
@@magicstardust North America is better than south America. South Korea is better than North Korea
conor byrne ur so fucking xenophobic, YOU FORGOT TO MENTION EAST AMERICA AND WEST AMERICA AND EAST KOREA AND WEST KOREA BRUH
Yasuke Edits are you for real
@@Leo-lr4eq yes i am for real. #justictoeastandwest
This disgusts me to the core! I cannot fathom the trauma he went through in North Korea camp, that just scares me and My well being. I am thankful to live in a free country without any harsh punishments. That man had a bright future and one mistake changed his life forever. :(
Jessica Vogt ikr how cruel can they be. Absolutely DISGUSTING!!! They need to bomb those fascist pigs!!!
well,it was a PRETTY BIG mistake...you mess with the bull and you get the horns.dude was straight up asking for it.these people are absolutely fuckin NUTS.why would you go disturb the hornets nest?
he sould not have break the law he got what was coming to him.
Free country?Cry me a river bitch. ua-cam.com/video/YJH8S95_LAE/v-deo.html I think we should start sacking up americans in Russia for no reason at all too.See how u gonna feel about it
Well he took down the poster what do you expect them to do he should've known the country's rule. If you break the rules no one can do anything on your behalf.
I can't imagine someone with high ambitions, dreams , a bright student of high school had his life end this way , rest in peace Otto , may your soul rest in peace 🙏
But he did not have the thing that he needed the most, common sense
If he was that bright, he wouldn't have trespassed on to government property to steal pictures considered as "national treasure" knowing north korean citizens them self get punished harshly for doing similar crimes. To call Otto bright, is to cause insult to every other person who actually is bright
@@onamattapeeya exactly! Why would you do something so dumb in a country where white privilege doesn't exist & they hate you & your country men??
Him being ambitious and bright shouldn’t matter (cough USA people who only amount you to having value if you’re an overachiever and fake put together cough)
what matters is he was a human being that suffered!!
*They told and warned him NOT to touch the painting or go to that floor and he did it anyway now look* 😂
I feel like they threatened him to confess by torturing him with water drowning method :(
There was literally a video of him stealing
@@mikeyrobinson5355 does that mean you sedate someone to the point of a vegetable state as a punishment? I wonder what dopey fucking delusional world you live in Mikey
@@mikeyrobinson5355 and he deserve death?
@@tonytong5844 people have been killed by police in America for less
@@mikeyrobinson5355 how do you want police yo-yo react when their whole culture is about drugs and guns? Have a tea party with them?
He held on long enough to say goodbye. So sad.
Whatevs Whtevr Actually when they got him back he was unable to speak :(
Yes, I just watched Australias 60 minutes report and interview with his parents. I am heartbroken imagining the horrors and injustices that this poor innocent kid had to endure. His parents said when he finally was brought home, he was like a wild animal that had been tortured and had brain damage and was now blind, deaf, and just howling in agony ... that they couldn't even touch him because he would scream :( He was tortured most likely non stop in the most brutal ways possible :( It is sickening and I feel so angry for what he went through and what others must be going through right now :(
What are you talking about? He was a vegetable when he got in the states
They tortured him
It's honestly his fault for being stupid enough to think that his American laws apply in foreign countries.
Matthew Meza what they did was illegal they can’t put him to hard labor for 15 years. that’s wrong and illegal
CJ Lello sadly not in North Korea
CJ Lello mate its North Korea not the fucking U.S. If you didnt know there are other countries with different laws than the U.S
CJ Lello illegal in what country? Remember every country has different laws
I feel so sorry for his family. May his soul rest in peace and god bless his soul.
I understand the thrill of wanting to see a forbidden place but North Korea is worse than hell .. people there must act like robots to not mess up and face death.. rest in peace Otto 😔
@Raul Lugo exactly, going to a country where there is no flight, u have to go through train, there is no embassy on ground, just in name of adventure is foolishness
I don't even consider North Korea a country. If I visited every country in the world and didn't visit North Korea, I still believe I visited every country in the world because I visited the peninsula of Korea just the southern portion. Basically that's like going to Okinawa Japan but not Tokyo or Sapporo. You still can claim. You've been to Japan. So by that regard, I have no reason to go to North Korea.
he literally stole a poster, and was sentenced to 15 years of labor? imagine if he wasn't in North Korea, imagine if he did that in America. the circumstances were WAY too high for him just trying to steal a poster. and it wasn't just JAIL or PRISON he went to. he was probably tortured and starved and beat up. NO ONE should have to DIE because they tried to steal a poster.
@@marekkelin1181 Yeah and you're forgetting that there's probably no actual proof it was him. (atleast that's what I think for sure.)
its north korea, what do u expect?
@@dondopyrocanto1530 haha true
Thats like stealing an egg from an alligator and saying "No the alligator shouldn't have bit my arm off, I only stole an egg!". He should have known the consequences, fair or not.
Don't compare us and nk theyre bpth shitholes
stealing a propaganda poster = 15 yrs hard labor? wtf
sgtjoe2008 a guy was wrongfully sent to prison for over 17 years for allegedly stealing a purse in America. Released him last week when they found out a guy that looks like him was the one that commuted the crime
Rapist get 2 years then gets release for good behaviour after 7 months in Canada 🇨🇦 the world is fucked
I'm mean seriously? There is no way to prove his identity from that video. He was a scapegoat. It's sad.
a child in america was sentenced to over 200 years for stealing christmas presents.
@Chooey Sooares His point is not only north koreas justice system is fucked but also the justice system from the USA, which is completely true.
Seeing your child eduring extreme inhumane treatment, and all you as a parent can do is pray while watching your child suffer......is the hardest experience of mankind.
No what the kid in that scenario is going through is.
But I know what you mean
Poor baby. I just found out about this but my heart is broken for him and his family and friends
Other Country: *Exists*
Tourist: "Lets Go To North Korea"
Come to eygpt man we got those things you might not heard of they are called the PYRAMIDS what does North Korea have ...... I actually don't know man
too Dangers
@@mostafaahmedibrahim2541 I would love to visit Egypt one day 😍
I have noticed one thing American,German and Russian tourists tend to do stupid things,lol.Anyways this was a very sad incident.
@@mostafaahmedibrahim2541 North Korea has nukes bruh
Why don't people understand life is so much precious . I mean u can't just kill some one just for stealing a poster . The mentality of dumb people like Kim Jong un is unbelievable. It's so sad that he begged for his life .
@Chubbi Wubby dude he did what he did and he was guilty . Don't you forgive some one done something stupid ? Or you give them death sentence
Moral of the story: Don't go to north korea
@Chubbi We don't even know if he actually stole anything
Devil doesn't have mercy
Just because you are a US citizen doesn't make you untouchable as your country..
Stealing is for baddies, too.
So sad and such a loss no one has to go through it.
Note to self: *don't ever go to North Korea, and if I do, definitely do NOT attempt to steal a poster* 😬😬
Why?
Don’t even try to breath, they’ll arrest you for stealing their “precious air”
@@QueenElsaVeganfromEurope what do you mean why?
he was forced into this confession.
Yeah everyone knows that.
Yeah. Bro
I think it's easy to judge. Yes, he made an incredibly poor decision first by going to North Korea and second by breaking the law in such a hostile country, but I do have empathy for him and his family. While they were very poor decisions he didn't deserve to be tortured and killed, and I would hope we can all agree on that
Worse part is they believe he was framed and made him confess he committed that crime
@@hectorelfatherr That confession was staged.
Well no one deserves to be tortured, but he was an idiot and he knew he was poking the bear, besides it's not like our government doesn't torture people, ever heard of CIA black sites? Guantanamo bay? Waterboarding? Our government does the same things North Korea does the only difference is our government is better at hiding it
@@Lilothestitch I agree
He did, because the north korean citizens would have got the same punishment or forced to endure the entire sentence of hard labour.... he deserved what he got
having to face all these false accusations, and having to endure all this torture both mentally and physically to the point that he's unable to talk or wall properly anymore. rest well, otto you'll be dearly missed.
What kind of idiot goes to North Korea in the first place? This is why other countries hate america, because many of us think we are entitled to go anywhere and do anything we want, as long as we treat other countries like we are above them and better than them this will continue to happen, and I have no sympathy for morons
He was only a month younger than me. I can't imagine the situation he went through...
It’s a terrifying story. A guy in his youth being tortured beyond imagination for something he might have not even done , the cctv footage is not even clear all you see is a figure removing the poster. Also imagine someone being tortured to an extend where they slip into coma and have deformed teeth because of torture. And again I repeat all this for something he probably didn’t even do and imagine the state of his family seeing their son’s condition.
If he didn’t do it, he was probably forced into confessing it was him because no one would believe otherwise
@@introvert211probably and if he didn’t fake confess to it they would probably have killed him right there for “lying?”
I'm scared for him just watching this even tho he's dead just thinking about what they did to him
Same... I'm so scared to go to North Korea now. Even if I do end up in North Korea, I'm going to have to play my nicest cards ever. I don't want to come out rude at all and wanna make sure everyone understands that I don't mean harm.
I beg they used the tank because that's how they execute people
ROBLOX_Variety dont go to north korea
Everyone should mean harm to North Korea and everyone there.
Every time I watch the videos of this story, breaks my heart, Otto was such a young kid, clearly had a bright future ahead of him and had it all taken away from him in a matter of months, so sad.
Yea but he should have known not to look for trouble in N. Korea.
He was an adult and known not to steal.
It was a staged crime you idiot.
@@f.l3450 Doesn't matter. He shouldn't have lost his life over a small mistake
He went to 5 floor, which is forbidden. Its his own fault. He didn’t respect their culture. And i think he was an agent doing something.
You know, there's no actual evidence that it was him that stole the poster.
@Sofia Vadela yeah but like maybe they forced him to
@@Shakattack45 do you have proof of that
His confession doesn't sound natural at all, the way he frases stuff is exactly what you would expect a North Korean Officer to write.
xxx xxx he said "maybe", which says that its a speculation, which doesnt need proof
@@ChickentNug no reason for assumptions
Its a quarantine in North Korea all your life.
Konichiwa 😊 I subscribed to your channel, btw because you have a Black Clover video.
Tragic. Unbelievably tragic. Rest in eternal peace Otto.
Rest in peace Otto. I'm so sorry.
how can you tell that it was Otto ? that footage is so blurry
Supreme Noob Exactly!!!!!
@@saul_jimenez647 you cannot tel can you ? its just so strange
Caught on the airport with it shithead
North Korea is so fucked up. A blurry video where you can't even see the culprit's face clearly DOES NOT count as irrefutable evidence.
he admitted to making the biggest mistake of his life.
This is a long exposition of what I think actually happened.
Otto was definitely set up by the North Korean secret service. Basically they made up the whole mistery with the 5th floor just to be able to eventually accuse a young, reckless, American tourist of stealing a poster which the whole world already knew, is one of the biggest fellonies in North Korea.
Let's use common sense for a second. If the 5th floor had really been off limits and used for surveillance equipment or security staff, so in short sensitive secret inteligence, it would have been impossible for anyone to get to that floor, period and anyone who might have tried, would have ended up in prison instantly. But an online video shows that in 2011 another young guy snicked in and filmed the propaganda posters on this infamous 5th floor, without anyone from the regime saying anything. Do you really think they didn't know he was there filming? I tell you they wanted that guy to show that film, just so that the public knows about this "forbidden" 5th floor and what is there,so they can create context for the future set up of an inocent American. Now let's say that Otto had really tried to pull off this suicidal action, if they cared so much for catching an American doing anything to their holy posters on those walls, he would have been caught on sight, not just caught on a grainy potato quality cctv video that makes it impossible to identify if Otto was there or an alien was there. This proves that North Koreans had been waiting for the right American tourist to frame for this and for the right time to do so. So because they could not catch him on sight, as he was never there, they created the video. Just think about the actual quality of this video. If you start on the premise that the 5th floor is a trap and it is, (but only as a pretext in this case), I bet they actually have state of the art surveillance cameras in each corner to catch anyone wondering around the propaganda posters. Instead, all they show ,is a potato quality, pixelated video which doesn't contain Otto walking away from,or towards any camera, or not even his face, just a shade of a person taking a poster. This just shows that Otto had never been there, because otherwise they could have shown a longer, more detailed video with his entrance, movements, exit and especially his face would have been clear to see. So this 5th floor is a trap in real life, as it physically exists, has the quality surveillance ,but in the case of Otto only really matters from the perspective of their fabricated story. In consequence, because he was not there, there's no quality video and they were forced to make one up, in which you cannot see his face, come one people,think.The Koreans didn't care for the realness or validity of their accusation. Otto was the right age, right mentality of a reckless explorer who decides out of the blue to cut short his trip in China and visit North Korea. The Koreans exploited the fact that he had already done something childish, like taking a tour to North Korea, without any serious preparations and with a dubious company, which they had known for a long time, would eventually bring young Americans, that tick all the boxes for them to be able to hold them accountable for something they never did. Again if North Koreans really wanted to make a solid case against an American, by proving the accusation of ripping posters from the walls of the 5th floor, they would have been able to catch Otto on sight, or second best, get him on camera and a good one this time and nobody would be able to say anything contrary about it. Imagine that this is the state where militia and secret police is literally everywhere, at any given time, as all the people inform about everyone , so an empty, off limits floor is just a trap for our better judgment, an illusion, it is a pretext for the regime to blame the right American for something he/she never did, because everyone else already considers this as an easy to fall in trap for someone as inexperienced like Otto. It is a simple manipulation of the whole world's judgement. You create a pretext for something plausible to happen and then you can accuse exactly and the only one that fits in the already fabricated story . This way, you have already created the grounds for that thing to happen and you just make a fake video and that's it.
Also, it is said that Otto was actually spotted by a hotel staff member, but nobody retained him to question what he was doing, until the during flight check in,for the homecoming. That is because the strategy of how to perfectly frame Otto, had not been sorted out, until the final 2 days of their staying and doing it any time sooner would have given Otto and the USA, time to make a move. I believe that the video which allegedly shows Otto taking down a post, had been fabricated a short time before the moment of their planned departure. Also the fact that they lied to the tourist company about Otto being sick and that being the reason why he can't go back with them, shows that they needed time to coerce, even torture poor Otto, into submission, to later make him admit anything. This was made so that anyone trying to prove Otto not guilty, could not do anything, untill the trial when Otto himself confessed what they instructed him to confess.
The suicide story brought up by those who say he was not tortured, is nonsense as he accepted to look like a coward and say anything they wanted him to say in an effort to stay alive. And in this regard taking his own life is the opposite of what he was trying to do.
But after all Otto should have never gone there in the first place, especially because of the extreme tensions of that moment between North Korea and the USA. At the time when Otto went there, they were constantly bragging about building and testing their first hydrogen bomb and while the world was super alerted about this and against any minimal basic logic, he went there anyway,just to prove he was a brave man, not a boy.
I also believe that from all the information available at the moment, he was depraved of oxygen for long periods of time and was also heavily drugged to stay alive and this way he ended up brain dead. So they did torture him, but not by beating him, cause that would have left scars but destroying him from the inside left no marks on the body. Also they knew that using this kind of torture, the truth of what actually happened would never come to light, because they knew about his religion and that his family would never allow an autopsy.
The regime used him to attack, America, his Church and the CIA for the purpose of their internal propaganda and for possibly mellowing the sanctions against them for the later testing of the hydrogen bomb, by using him as a negotiation leverage. After they got away with the bomb testing they decided to give Otto back but in such a horrifying state, that anyone in the free world would fear their terror. Also it was crucial for them to return Otto alive but incapable of talking, so that they can still say they did not violate human rights and that they can keep the tourism going.
In conclusion this is clear as day, that Otto was killed for being the right person, at the right time, around (not at) the right place. I am 1 month older than Otto, and I was born in a former comunist country of Romania so I have heard a lot about the methods of manipulation and the ugly soviet ways of getting the population into submission, that Ceaușescu used which are similar to the ones used by Kim. So I empathize with the whole situation, that's why I wanted to write my thoughts about it. RIP Otto!
@@ianlloyd4301 You version is really thin. It is almost impossible to believe that a big caliber secret service like CIA would use a 24 year old, to do what? To spy what? You have to consider the fact thay he was there to stay a short time, a couple of days max, so again what to spy? Also he was under permanent surveillance by the North Korean secret service, so nah I don't bite this...
@@SergiuMoldovanDan look dude i dont need to write an essay to prove shit. its called common seance. this kid is not what he seems to be. this story is fake and his parents are fake. if you know anything about human behavior you can easily come to this conclusion by watching their interviews. this is a cover up 100%.
@@SergiuMoldovanDan dont even start to speculate as to what the CIA does as if you would have any clue.
Sergiu-Dan Moldovan sentence 15 years 17months later has on us soil
Sergiu-Dan Moldovan wow thank you for taking the time to write this post! A mistake was made. And then another one. These types of places are not a joke. Must be taken seriously and feared. RIP Otto.
Oh my gosh. His crying makes me cry. Otto and his family are always on my mind. I'm so sorry they had to go through this ❤️❤️❤️
Well done Koreans! We also need to send your spy journalist to the Gulag to the uranium mines so that he would slowly die there like a rat ..
Why would ANYONE want to go there!
It's like people who eat fugu (that deadly food made from glands of pufferfish). People eat it because it's a thrill to say you tried it, knowing that it could kill you if it was not prepared properly. Some people are just thrill seekers and like to be able to brag later on about the crazy things they did. Unfortunately for him, he chose to commit an unlawful act and got caught. Obviously the punishment is ridiculous, but the fact is he knew how insane the government is, yet he still chose to break the law.
I'm amazed people are defending North Korean law and saying he deserved it. You guys have no empathy at all.
Wtf 😂😂😂 nobody is saying that lol stfu
@@hushcash8920 there are people commenting on other comments that are fine with it
@@hushcash8920 Bullshit, iv seen 5 comments already saying that.
They're all Neanderthals
No common sense or sympathy whatsoever
15 years is way too long but before he got there, he was instructed on what he can and can't do. He didn't deserve it but he was really stupid
My condolences go out to his family. I pray he rests in peace now and am glad his parents got to hold him one last time.
I feel compassion to this wonderful family. Son was humiliated and traumatized for nothing. Let justice come from the Lord governments.
Dude this is one of those stories that never left me once I found out about it
I never forgot his name 😞
the comments that I am seeing about Otto, sicken me. I knew Otto, and I know his family. Whether his decision was stupid or not, it doesn't excuse the fact that he died an unimaginable death. No person deserves that, no matter how dumb their choice. How many times have you messed up and been given grace? I can tell you that it happens everyday. We don't deserve to wake up each morning, yet we do. Cause God has given us an unimaginable amount of Grace. So whether he made a good decision or not, he didn't deserve to die. Period.
Everyone in the comments is agreeing with you thp
Exactly
Thieves in other countries are imprisoned for a few months depending on what they stole
But what NK did is too much
If it's a person from another country, atleast they should send him back immediately and block him from ever going there
Exactly..
Where are these comments you speak of
@@DrRohiniM yeah
that 1st group of guys that snuck onto the 5th floor and took those pics years ago are sooooo fuckin lucky.. but bcuz of them, the security got beefed up.. no one was ever gonna get thru there again.. sad situation.. i will NEVER go there.. smh..
This is miserable! I've never been so glad I was born in a free country even tho the government is unfair it's not controlling imagine a small poster being the end of you I feel bad for his family god bless them and I may his soul rip at least he doesn't have to see their disgusting faces everyday blurred with some tears this is Soo heartbreaking I hope his family is doing okay now and that he's in a better place😭😭
Damn. That video with "him" taking the photo wasn't even clear
they gave him something that had resulted him being in a coma and never give an update about his condition that he was in coma for almost a year and as soon as when he got back he died. north korea did something that was untraceable except them. it's impossible to believe that he got in a coma after he was arrested and seen when he's healthy.
Parents buck up! When your child wants to do something stupid, put a stop to it! This is really avoidable and very sad..
Why did he steal there?
sum ppl say he didn’t steal any posters there & north korea did it for sum kinda revenge on USA. I don’t rlly k if it’s true I jus read it sumwhere
@@jazz2745 That's a blatant lie, there was even a CCTV camera footage of him removing the poster.
Tortured over a poster? No access to a lawyer, no help for a young kid? What happened to this kid is pure evil!!!!
he went to NK knowing what they are capable of yet he decided to do something stupid
I agree its funny how he was telling them to think about his family when bitch you should've thought about it your self before doing that shit. He kinda deserved to be imprisoned for doing a stupid thing like that while knowing how it is there. They were just following the rules and doing what was right when someone steals the same thing we do here in America. Their stupid son and themselves should be held accountable for what happened not North Korea. They didnt force him to steal so they can imprison him. Like the fuck maybe they should've taught their son to not steal -_- No offense to the family but I kinda don't feel bad for what happened well except for the death part im sorry about that lol
maryam khan There's no need to be so harsh. Yes, it's never right to steal in any country. But what you have to understand is that North Korea is a harsh, cruel land with death sentences for owning a Bible or watching porn. Even though he got 15 years of hard labor, his parents were aware that this was basically a death sentence and tried desperately to get him out. They did, only to have him die six days later. They're going through a hard time right now. Don't be so harsh
Edward Terry *raises hand
Nosrep Suomynona he was a fucking kid!! I'm sure you were so smart as a kid! Kids do dumb stuff, he didn't deserve to die for it!!! By your words sounds like you think he should have died for this!
Perry Hughes he is not a kid, he is 22 years old, in my county you are already a college graduate by age 20 and working at age 22 so no he is not a kid who made a stupid decision, he is an adult who thought he could get away with what he wanted, sure he didn't deserve to die for something so petty but he CHOSE to do it in a volatile country
One of the strangest story's I can remember... For so many different reasons.
Heartbreaking 💔
Hope that country goes up in smoke! Love, Canada :)
How can this country treat with human for such normal crime(even my country we not think this crime) it just a young boys wrong act, this must be forgivable.
north korea is barbaric
@Robert Gutierrez 160K deaths is insignificant compared to other diseases the USA suffer from each year
Rip. Condolences to his parents and family members. Please people, leave a respectful message under this video. Pray or wish well to his family members who have already suffered so much. Where has common human decency gone?
Common human decency went when Common Human Sense disappeared from Otto Warmbier......
Ba dum tsss
@@TheBBallEnthusiast That crappy video shows an unknown grainy image; no evidence at all! This was a DPR setup by the vile, sociopathic thugs that run this cesspool. Maybe you should visit there, Mr. Assassin ( ha, ha).
@@TheBBallEnthusiast I agree death sentences for all who take down posters
What a guy... Certainly didn't deserve what happened, but he must have known what he was risking
He was drunk
He didn’t even disrespect the government. Poor young man
This is a great example of “dont play with fire” what a brutal tragedy
My CONDOLENCES goes out to his family!!!!
This is heartbreaking 💔 😭
It was a sit up, he wasn't even at the hotel at the time stamp. Him and is group were out at a club and didn't get back till 3am. One of the young people in the groups even said it.
His poor parents. God bless. We all make mistakes! Especially when young. Rest in peace, Otto ❤️
@Simz Zxy it is ridiculous, but in the context of North Korea, he should not have taken anything because I'm sure he knew how insane the country is. Although who knows, some people say he was framed!
@Simz Zxy unfortunately so :(
هذا في بلدك فقط
SOOO TRUE!❤It is sad. But it was just as the company advertized: A trip to a country you wished your Mother never knew about you went to visit! - And his poor mother found out about it in the most heartbreaking way...
The only mistake he made, was going to a country with such ridiculous laws with no travel experience.
i don't find the evidence convincing that he stole the poster.
vinsanity982 he’s admitted his guilt ... he did steal it
@@milotic7339 His confession is meaningless to me. You can be tortured into saying anything.
vinsanity982 no he stole the propaganda poster forrsure . Why would they target him ? He isn’t the only American that’s been through North Korea
@@milotic7339 I don't have any burden to account for that. I don't accept the claim based on the evidence provided. It's just like in a court where someone votes not guilty. Not guilty doesn't mean innocent, it simply means guilt was not proven. The video is unidentifiable and the confession has a good chance of being coerced. They have a history of kidnapping foreigners and they have a known history of torture and maltreatment. The dude literally came back a vegetable and died. So no, i don't think it is far fetched that he was coerced through torture and that belief casts doubt on the confession, whatever their motivations might have been
Who else would have stolen it? A north Korean? Give me a break. They snuck onto the 5th floor and that idiot thought he could get away with stealing it.
I’m just now able to try to watch video
On this subject. It’s too cruel !! It truly pains me to imagine what he went through. How scary !! He’s still such a young man. Such evil vile disgusting people that could do this to him !!
Don’t steal . Plain & Simple .
There's a possibility he couldve been framed, from the video it was a dark figure, could’ve been anyone
@@user-tg7ii4ft4f so why would he publicly admit to stealing the figure , 1 year prior to his death ?
"We'll be able to handle it." Goes on to shake hands with the man responsible
Skinny Buddha what do you want him to do, Bomb NK over a 21 year old who stole a poster?
@@ramsenalbazi7435 yes
NK has nothing valuable in it, nothing which benefits the rest of the world. Too many brainwashed people. We should bomb NK with our entire force.
Chiro Hisuke maybe you can go there and blow a super big fart. It will make them all leave
@@ramsenalbazi7435 Good job
I wonder what they did to him as he said in his confession please save me
Wow this shocked me to my core poor child
What a sad story , may his soul rest on peace on heaven with dear god :(
I hoped I'd never say this, but Trump is right.
He's right most of the time, don't believe one side of the news when you don't experience both sides
s.c say that to the thousands dead from the pandemic
Dumb asssss
Yoinkin Tonic can you read he said most of the time plus Trump is doing his best with this pandemic
@@yoinkintonic5771 9k total deaths directly from covid, the rest were from other health issues, like i said don't be biased
It's a tragic story. A young man's life is wasted.
Let this be a reminder to us all, don't go there.
When all this is said, he chose to go there by him self. The ad said, your mother don't want you to go. He did.
He knows it's a cruel regime, with severe punishment. He broke the law. He chose this.
I know he is young, and he might not grasp the consequences, he'll I don't.
I can't imagine the pain and suffering he's gone through. Not to forget his family.
But when foreigners visit my country, I want them to obey the law. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
To us, the penalty is out of proportion. It's their law. If we don't like them, or don't respect them.
Stay the f... away.
May he rest in peace.
We don't even know if he actually stole it, you can only see a figure in the CCTV, moreover it's obvious he was forced to do that "confession".
There was no proof he stole that poster. Have you even seen the surveillance video?? His confession was coerced. Period.
@@meganbaker3825 so? Visiting a country where they consider your country there biggest enemy is supreme level of dumb in first place are US citizens that dumb?
This is sad for everyone involved.
Understanding what behavior is acceptable and what’s not is a key factor in enjoying new experiences. As Americans we can’t go places, break rules and feel the penalties shouldn’t apply to us.
The sooner we learn to respect the rules of others the sooner we can be respected.
They have no proof that he actually did the crime. You can't tell who that man was in the video. Plus the people he went on the tour with said that some of them including otto weren't even at the hotel at the time that incident happened. He was an innocent American at the wrong place at the wrong time. It was a political thing. North Korea hates Americans.
@@kiwanm695 he was on video stealing the poster
@@d-sciencestudent3108 yoy can't tell that it was actually him. The video was blurry and you can't see his face. They have cameras all over north Korea yet they couldn't get a good enough video of him taking the poster. A video of him leaving his room or a video of him making his way onto the fifth floor. They have no good evidence and they know that. This was just a way to get back at American. They hate Americans. He isn't the only American they have hostage over there. This was also the same time they were testing a new missel as a way to threaten other countries including America. This was all planned. They know that he didn't do it
Translation: he deserved it because he’s White. We hear you D- Science
What a BS Statement -- He was Tortured to death for taking a Poster -- I hope you can't possibly think this is acceptable -- if so, you are as bad as them... And they are pure Trash.
“Please think of my family “ :(
What you’re forgetting is that he DIDN’T steal the poster. He was held under these conditions, and would’ve likely been tortured beyond all reason for ANY crime, and actually you’re doing him a complete injustice by even alluding to the fact that he stole the poster. He is a victim here, NOT a perpetrator.
I wonder why some people are so ignorant and easily manipulated that they choose to support the evil completely avoiding to see how the story has been fabricated to hide the obvious . Otto was a scholarship student and probably knew the consequences, why would he do something like this . And the confession sounded like the most fake script ever. He was definitely forced to say that .
@@reeree3160 bullshit. He did it and got what he deserved
@@mikeyrobinson5355 Wow...saying a guy deserved death for doing something harmless. He didnt kill anyone and the thing he stole wasnt precious...I hope you also deserve the same treatment otto faced for doing something miniscule mistakes and then we will have a talk if he deserved it or not.
@@mikeyrobinson5355 bruh how do you know he was Otto bruh say the same thing when you did nothing and get punished for death trauma and sooo much more brutal acts
@@mikeyrobinson5355 I dont think you are a human being. You are not normal and are in serious need of mental help. Ted Bundy probably had more compassion than you.
The story would have been different if he was Russian ..
No doubt about it.
No DOUBT!!!
Can say that there together Russia and nkorea . 🚀 Don't 🌽 hair Trump
Putin would erase NK out of existence...
@@arpan7654 if he was Russian this wouldn't even happen to him since NK and Russia are in great relations. He would be arrested then sent back to Russia, that's pretty much about it
I doubt
May he rest in peace
Dang he died after saying goodbye to his parents in a spiritual sense Rip Otto
May he rest in peace
And may karma get North Korea
When he gave his "confession "
It’s such a sad story but situations like this are why US citizens aren’t allowed in North Korea. The fact that his parents felt it was ok for him to bypass the laws in the US and enter North Korea through China is absolutely ridiculous.
It is unbelievable
I was born in Malaysia and I'm NEVER leaving this peaceful country unless for holiday. I am so grateful that I am born in a country where the police will somehow or rather arrest all the terrorists before they even attack
Mee to mine country
Visit kerala
I have been there twice for work purposes. For me, Malaysia is one if not the most peaceful country I have ever visited. You guys have a beautiful country and lots of great food to enjoy. Good to see you appreciate it.
@Afapora Aodkak If you’re going to have an extremist view like that, at least spell “terrorist” correctly.
@Afapora Aodkak Shut up, you racist idiot
it's strange that while in a coma in N.Korea he was alive but as soon as he arrives in the US he dies
It's because he snitch on the people who send him there like the CIA
BayanTheOne lol his parents took him off life support, thats why. Not everything is a conspiracy man
OK, now 2 years later i know why
@@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP Why?
Rehlinger Dobbie has explained
Why didn’t his parents insist on an autopsy? So much could have been detected.
You can’t even see his face on the video -.-
0:20 Not helping matters by reporting this in the tone of established fact.
*This was murder, plain and simple.*
Play stupid games win stupid prizes, especially in a country that hates us. A lesson to be learned.
Americans need to respect locals when they travel abroad.
You’ve been on UA-cam for 10 years, nice.
I was watching an old video, your comment was there.
I don’t think he even stole that poster
That sucks. Hopefully people learn from his mistakes
I feel so sorry for the people in north Korea
There is no proof he took that poster.
Derrick Chen
Yeah what great quality that video was.
@@derrickchen9821 can you see his face and confirm its him?
In North Korea, only proof you need is no proof
Poor guy. He shouldn’t have went there in the first place