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November 23, 2024
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It’s time to end engagement with North Korea

The tragic case of Otto Warmbier confirms that the DPRK cannot be changed through tourism

Today’s news of the tragic death of Otto Warmbier should serve as a turning point in how the world engages North Korea. The brutality and denial of proper medical care for over a year ultimately doomed this 22-year-old college student. No one deserves that kind of treatment.

North Korea did not release Warmbier on “humanitarian” grounds, as they claim. Instead, they whisked him away before he died, so they could deny any wrongdoing and chalk it up to botulism and a sleeping pill. Denial has been North Korea’s modus operandi for decades. It is time to stop giving them free passes.

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