Hundreds of mourners are celebrating the life of an American college student who was detained in North Korea for over a year and died shortly after being returned home to Ohio in a coma.

Hundreds of mourners gathered to remember an American college student who was detained in North Korea for over a year.

The American student died less than a week after returning to the U.S. in a coma from North Korea.

The United States pressed China to exert more economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to help rein in its nuclear and missile programs during a round of high-level talks in Washington on Wednesday.

Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died days after North Korea released him from prison in a coma, will be laid to rest in his hometown of Cincinnati today.

After more than a year detained in North Korea, Otto Warmbier returned to the United States in a coma last week, only to die six days after his arrival.

The Korea Herald reported Thursday North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is so fearful of being assassinated by U.S. Navy Seals, he will only travel at night and use cars belonging to his subordinates, Newsweek reported. In a closed-door parliamentary session, South Korean National Intelligence Services (NIS) said the North Korean leader has given up using his Mercedes Benz to avoid detection, Liberty Party of Korea member Lee Cheol-woo – who attended the secretive meeting – told the newspaper. In January, South Korea announced a military unit had been established to “decapitate Kim Jong-Un” in the event of open warfare between the two nations, the report said. Because of the current tensions on...

The life of 22-year-old college student Otto Warmbier, who died earlier this week after being detained for a nearly a year and a half in North Korea, is being celebrated in his Ohio hometown on Thursday.

, The Daily Beast
The horrific death of Otto Warmbier looks like it forced the hand of President Trump. A day after the 22-year-old student passed away, the American leader, in what may end up as the world’s most consequential tweet, signaled that the United States will soon act on its own to disarm North Korea. "While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out," Trump tweeted Tuesday afternoon. "At least I know China tried!"

U.S. President Donald Trump has said thank you and goodbye to China over Twitter, suggesting that the brief friendship between Washington and Beijing may be on the rocks during the ongoing furore over Chinese ally North Korea. “While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out,” Trump posted on Twitter, suggesting that China had not done enough to control Pyongyang, which has carried out a series of ballistic missiles tests in recent...