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03-16-2016, 07:43 AM
**rth Korea sentences American student to 15 years of hard labor
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PYONGYANG, **rth Korea — **rth Korea's highest court has sentenced an American tourist to 15 years of hard labor in prison.
Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student, had*allegedly attempted to steal (http://mashable.com/2016/02/29/otto-warmbier/#AdJbWt5scgqC?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) a propaganda banner from a restricted area of his hotel.
SEE ALSO: **rth Korea parades detained American student (http://mashable.com/2016/02/29/otto-warmbier/)
Warmbier*was convicted and sentenced in a one-hour trial on Wednesday morning at the **rth's Supreme Court. He was charged with subversion.
** further details were immediately available.
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Warmbier tearfully apologizing during the press conference.
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PYONGYANG, **rth Korea — **rth Korea's highest court has sentenced an American tourist to 15 years of hard labor in prison.
Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student, had*allegedly attempted to steal (http://mashable.com/2016/02/29/otto-warmbier/#AdJbWt5scgqC?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) a propaganda banner from a restricted area of his hotel.
SEE ALSO: **rth Korea parades detained American student (http://mashable.com/2016/02/29/otto-warmbier/)
Warmbier*was convicted and sentenced in a one-hour trial on Wednesday morning at the **rth's Supreme Court. He was charged with subversion.
** further details were immediately available.
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Warmbier tearfully apologizing during the press conference.
Image: lu rui/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/american-**rth-korean-hard-labor/)
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