Salt Lake Tribune · Apr 25, 2019
North Korea demanded U.S. pay $2M for captured student in coma
(AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)In this March 16, 2016, file photo, American student Otto Warmbier, center, is escorted at the Supreme Court in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea reportedly insisted the U.S. pay $2 million in medical costs in 2017 before it released dWarmbier while he was in a coma. Washington • North Korea insisted the U.S. agree to pay $2 million in medical costs in 2017 before it released detained American college student Otto Warmbier while he was in a coma, a former U.S. official said Thursday.