The North Korean regime is vile. This is in effect an assassination, and the only way to avoid it is to not go there.
Rather amazing the young man has been in a coma for a year. What were the North Koreans waiting for? Just a sad case
That's what they are saying. Don't be surprised if he is fine in a few days. Pinochet was too sick to stand trial when he was arrested in London in 2000; he miraculously recovered upon his return to safe Chilean soil.
I'll be very surprised if it's propaganda that he's in a coma... it's difficult to keep a lid on a op like that. NK could just release a vid of him (not in a coma) leaving their custody.
I didn't mean propaganda, there are more cases of people being very ill until they get home. I think it allows both parties to save face or can be a cover for something else ($$$)
Interesting. Thanks.
They were waiting to extract some sort of concession, I imagine. Hostages are bargaining chips to them.