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:Liberia Holds a Free Election. Make That ‘Free-for-All.’Canada Letter: Thanksgiving, Old Photos and GunsAfter 78 Killings, a Honduran Drug Lord Partners With the U.S.Europe Looks to Congress in Fight to Save Iran Nuclear PactFourth U.S. Soldier Is Found Dead After Ambush in Niger‘Game Over.’ Iraqi Forces See Beginning of the End for ISIS