North Korea Releases Otto Warmbier Otto Warmbier, an American college student, had been in North Korean custody since January 2016. He was medically evacuated in a coma and was on his way back to the United States on Tuesday, according to his family. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Macron Vows Order ‘Without Compromise’ in Rebuke to Yellow Vest ProtestsA Photographer’s Quest to Reverse China’s Historical AmnesiaKim Jong-un, Ready to Meet Trump ‘at Any Time,’ Demands U.S. End SanctionsVideo on Turkish TV Is Said to Show Khashoggi’s Remains Being MovedA Rising Threat to Wildlife: ElectrocutionManchester Train Station Stabbing Leaves 3 Wounded