On September 1, 2017, a U.S. State Department measure came into effect declaring all American passports invalid for travel to North Korea.
The so-called "travel ban" on U.S. citizens to North Korea came partly in response to the death of U.S. citizen Otto Warmbier, who had fallen into a coma while imprisoned in the North and died soon after being returned back to his home country.
On September 1, 2017, a U.S. State Department measure came into effect declaring all American passports invalid for travel to North Korea.
The so-called "travel ban" on U.S. citizens to North Korea came partly in response to the death of U.S. citizen Otto Warmbier, who had fallen into a coma while imprisoned in the North and died soon after being returned back to his home country.
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