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06-16-2017, 06:47 PM
http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/xXKf0f1qbntLH_fOv3H2tQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/6be5e4972d8429fd0e041b6d1f79edb4f1738e80.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/n-koreas-hostage-playbook-backfires-warmbier-coma-092134845.html)North Korea has a well-thumbed playbook for detained American citizens who are valuable diplomatic bargaining chips for the regime, but the case of Otto Warmbier, flown home in a coma this week, is a glaring exception. The script is simple and familiar: arrest an American, hold a show trial ending with a lengthy jail term, release them in exchange for a high-profile visit -- Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton have both helped free detainees in the past -- which is used for domestic propaganda. "With Otto Warmbier they wanted to play the same game again," Andrei Lankov, Korearisk.com director and professor at Kookmin University, told AFP.
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