American student released from North Korea prison arrives in US

Otto Warmbier was studying commerce and economics.

The release of the University of Virginia student was secured on the same day former basketball superstar Dennis Rodman, known for his flamboyant behavior, and personal connections both with Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, arrived in Pyongyang.

A plane carrying Warmbier returned to the United States on Tuesday night. I think God hears our prayers'.

Warmbier's parents, Fred and Cindy, confirmed their son was on a medevac flight.

Warmbier had been on a Young Pioneers Tour, a China-based "adventure travel company" which for some mind-blowing reason is still allowed to provide rave reviewed tours to North Korea.

Trump spoke on Fox News in 2013 about Rodman and North Korea, a year in which Rodman also appeared on Trump's Celebrity Apprentice show.

The detention of Americans, often sentenced to draconian prison sentences for seemingly small offenses in the totalitarian nation, has compounded tensions between Washington and Pyongyang.

The North Korean court held that Warmbier had committed a crime "pursuant to the US government's hostile policy toward (the North), in a bid to impair the unity of its people after entering it as a tourist". You may remember footage of Warmbier sobbing as he "confessed" his crime on North Korean state television. He was sentenced to 15 years in jail after tearfully confessing to trying to steal a propaganda sign.

The Warmbier family said North Korean officials told the USA envoys that soon after his trial in March 2016, their son reportedly became sick with botulism, an illness caused by a toxin, and fell into a coma after being given a sleeping pill, according to the Post.

Asked whether the U.S. wanted to see an Iran-style global embargo to deny exports of petroleum and other products to North Korea, Mr Tillerson said that this would only work if Russian Federation and China co-operated. "We are so grateful that he will finally be with people who love him".

A Cincinnati man was released from a North Korean prison Tuesday after being incarcerated for more than 15 months for what the Democratic People's Republic of Korea described as hostile acts against the regime. The official referred to them as "hostages".

In rare high-level contacts, Yun met senior North Korean officials in Oslo in May, where it was agreed Swedish officials in Pyongyang, who handle USA consular affairs there, would be allowed to see all four American detainees, a State Department official said. The United States and North Korea do not have formal diplomatic relations.

In May, Yun met with met high-level representatives from the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oslo, Norway, and the North Koreans agreed that the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang would be authorized to pay a consular visit to all four detainees.

NEW YORK-PotCoin, a crypto currency for the legalized cannabis industry, jumped in value on Tuesday after ex-basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea wearing a t-shirt and baseball cap emblazoned with the digital payment system's logo. Thousands of US troops are based in South Korea, and the Demilitarized Zone between the North and South is one of the most heavily fortified borders in the world.

Late this month, Moon will visit the United States for talks with Trump on DPRK-related issues, including countering Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, as well as ways to further strengthen the "ironclad U.S. -ROK alliance" and advance economic cooperation. A 2009 visit by former President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, secured the freedom of American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.

"At the direction of the President, the Department of State has secured the release of Otto Warmbier from North Korea", he said in a statement. "Mr Warmbier is en route to the U.S. where he will be reunited with his family".