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US court orders North Korea to pay $500 million for Otto Warmbier’s death

A US federal judge has ordered North Korea to pay half a billion dollars to the parents of Otto Warmbier from Ohio. The American student died from severe brain damage after spending 17 months in custody in Pyongyang.

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