Federal Court Orders North Korea To Pay Otto Warmbier’s Parents $501 Million

On Friday, North Korea was ordered by a United States federal judge to pay the parents of American student Otto Warmbier $501 million.

North Korea is liable for “the torture, hostage taking, and extrajudicial killing of Otto Warmbier,” said U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell’s opinion.