U.S. Agreed to Pay for Warmbier Release but Never Did, Bolton Says

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U.S. Agreed to Pay for Warmbier Release but Never Did, Bolton Says
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U.S. never did pay the money North Korea requested for Otto Warmbier, John Bolton says

WASHINGTON—National security adviser John Bolton acknowledged Sunday that the U.S. had promised to pay North Korea for the release of American college student Otto Warmbier in 2017, but he said the U.S. never made any payment.

The North Korean regime had imprisoned Mr. Warmbier for more than a year. He returned home with a severe brain injury and died shortly afterward at age 22.

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