Tour firm used by Otto Warmbier stops taking US citizens to North Korea
(The Guardian North Korea)

Young Pioneer Tours says risk is too high after 22-year-old student died on his return from imprisonment in the secretive stateThe travel agency that arranged Otto Warmbier´s trip to North Korea has said it will no longer be taking US citizens to the secretive state after he was returned to the US in a coma and later died in hospital.Warmbier, a 22-year-old American student, was travelling with the China-based agent Young Pioneer Tours when he was arrested at Pyongyang airport in January 2016 and sentenced to 15 years hard labour after allegedly stealing a propaganda poster from his hotel. Related: Otto Warmbier`s death highlights plight of foreigners jailed in North Korea Continue reading...