North Korean officials asked for $2 million before allowing U. S. officials to take Otto Warmbier, the comatose University of Virginia student who was held…
North Korean officials asked for $2 million before allowing U. S. officials to take Otto Warmbier, the comatose University of Virginia student who was held prisoner in North Korea, back to the United States.
A U. S. envoy sent to take Warmbier home signed the North Korean’s invoice under orders from President Donald Trump, anonymous sources told The Washington Post. It remains unclear whether Trump paid the $2 million invoice or discussed the bill with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
However, Trump said in September of 2018 that the U. S. did not pay to bring hostages back from North Korea, according to The Washington Post.
