**rth
Korea sentences American student to 15
years of
hard labor
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 a propaganda banner from a restricted area of his hotel.
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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.
Warmbier tearfully apologizing during the press conference.
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