What Otto Warmbier's tour through North Korea was like: Part 1

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  • čas přidán 23. 06. 2017
  • Otto Warmbier, who was from Wyoming, Ohio, went to the University of Virginia and traveled to Asia.

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  • @Bubbles5810
    @Bubbles5810 Před 5 lety +5062

    When you have friends that are excited that you’re going to North Korea it’s time for you to get new friends.

    • @troy_2395
      @troy_2395 Před 5 lety +115

      Facts

    • @MrDonboston
      @MrDonboston Před 5 lety +49

      syrup sandwich Unless your friends are the alphabet three letter agencies and you are sent on a classified intel gathering mission into North Korea because there’s no other way to gain certain kinds of intel but physically go there especially since there are no embassies /consulates or any US gov sites in that country , if he truly was a CIA agent he died a honorable death serving his country , still tragic and unnecessary

    • @harrisn3693
      @harrisn3693 Před 5 lety +25

      @@MrDonboston Nothing is honorable in espionage you kool aid drinker.

    • @lisaferguson3216
      @lisaferguson3216 Před 5 lety +10

      Good one never thought if it that way... Have a nice day

    • @longroadahead5846
      @longroadahead5846 Před 5 lety +4

      s t f u

  • @jamesl9371
    @jamesl9371 Před 5 lety +1546

    Tip to travelers... don’t go to very dangerous places. And if you do be very careful and follow the rules and customs 🛃

    • @waianaeccmhealthcenter805
      @waianaeccmhealthcenter805 Před 5 lety +36

      BE SAFE STAY HOME!

    • @chegadesuade
      @chegadesuade Před 5 lety +40

      Only the second part of your statement is necessary. You can travel anywhere in the world as long as you follow their laws and respect their culture.

    • @blakes5827
      @blakes5827 Před 5 lety +70

      @@chegadesuade Not really. There are some places in the world that are very dangerous. For example, I would not travel to Syria in the middle of a civil war, even if rich mommy and daddy paid for it. Wise people do not go to just any country any time they want no matter how unsafe it can be. Just wait some years until it improves or go somewhere else.

    • @chegadesuade
      @chegadesuade Před 5 lety +20

      @@blakes5827 There's a distinct group of travelers that considers the thrill of a dangerous country to be part of the experience. Hundreds of Americans visit North Korea every year without incident. I agree that I wouldn't travel to a country during a civil war, but there are many who do it safely by closely following their guides advice. This has nothing to do with being "rich", it's a matter of being responsible.

    • @trinitylivingston1286
      @trinitylivingston1286 Před 5 lety +6

      @@chegadesuade but I still wouldn't want to risk my life by going into a country that I know would be very dangerous to go to.

  • @behaviorhandwritingrevealt3949

    "Hey! Let's go to North Korea on vacation!" said no sane person ever.

    • @exposingliars9824
      @exposingliars9824 Před 4 lety +23

      Except Otto.

    • @ND-sv3dj
      @ND-sv3dj Před 4 lety +4

      @Bo Zi thanks for clarifying.

    • @nfakhrim
      @nfakhrim Před 4 lety +6

      I’m sane and was in North Korea last month. Great experience!

    • @NoName-nf5xl
      @NoName-nf5xl Před 4 lety +3

      Nope nope nope nope nope nope I just go to California instead.

    • @ezahh
      @ezahh Před 4 lety +18

      Why not? It's a once in a lifetime experience and it's not that hard to follow a country's laws and regulations no matter how stringent

  • @Miyavisgirl1540
    @Miyavisgirl1540 Před 5 lety +1388

    His friends were all for him going to North Korea? They were excited? Holy crap! If I were one of his friends, I'd be like, "Are you INSANE?"

    • @myownchannel1714
      @myownchannel1714 Před 5 lety +22

      I do agreed with you. I guess that they never learned about North Korean history. If they do then get he should have not listen to them

    • @lastautumn232
      @lastautumn232 Před 4 lety +63

      His friends are just like him, privileged kids who had everything since they were born and seriously out of touch with reality.

    • @chappyllama4445
      @chappyllama4445 Před 4 lety +1

      Same

    • @glsa5482
      @glsa5482 Před 4 lety +18

      Personally I don't find any problem in travelling to North Korea. It would definitely be interesting to feel by first hand the whole environment and discover what kind of culture it is. But for sure always following the rules and not doing such thing Otto did (knowing he was in a highly strict country as North Korea in which one mistake may put your life in risk)

    • @imarielmermaid
      @imarielmermaid Před 4 lety +7

      Everyone thought I was insane to study in South Korea. It’s so sad how many people think South Korea is ANYTHING in any way like North Korea. South Korea is way safer than even America. But ya North Korea is dangerous obviously. But people need to educate themselves with real research.

  • @lisaferguson3216
    @lisaferguson3216 Před 5 lety +2375

    So he goes to N. Korea and decides to steal what the hell were you thinking?

    • @whosyourdodo8747
      @whosyourdodo8747 Před 5 lety +26

      In situations like that, just pay your way out with money!

    • @mizzury54
      @mizzury54 Před 5 lety +513

      Did it occur to you that the North Koreans may have lied about the theft ?

    • @prac2
      @prac2 Před 5 lety +62

      probably drunk, probably thought 'Nah, they will understand'.
      not

    • @brandonstrickland8234
      @brandonstrickland8234 Před 5 lety +175

      So according to his crime of taking a propaganda poster, he deserved to be tortured, maimed?

    • @lisaferguson3216
      @lisaferguson3216 Před 5 lety +134

      @@brandonstrickland8234 You are in anouther country and you have to be held accountable for your stupidity! I don't make the laws for that country so before you decide to be a thief in N. Korea use the mind God gave you! I don't agree he should have been tortured, but I would not have gone there in the first place. Also he is an adult and not a child. Have a nice day

  • @rachelwood9438
    @rachelwood9438 Před 4 lety +380

    Those little kids moving around like robots really freak me out.
    R.I.P Otto

    • @Stoney1217
      @Stoney1217 Před 2 lety +5

      lmaooo they’re so cute tho

    • @amberv4223
      @amberv4223 Před 2 lety

      Me too. Wtf.

    • @kiorapakenham1239
      @kiorapakenham1239 Před rokem

      u freak me out

    • @soom878
      @soom878 Před 9 měsíci

      haha me too and i thought i was the only one that was creeped out by the fake smile of kids, i have never seens a kids this young put on such an act, wow....

    • @agua9999
      @agua9999 Před 9 měsíci

      @@soom878 The family should reveal photos of what Otto looked like brain dead …I don’t think the American public understood the devastation of his injury & therefore weren’t enraged (as they should’ve been).

  • @suddendee
    @suddendee Před 5 lety +492

    2:45 “he was never afraid… Of anything “ 👀
    There in lies the problem

  • @kelliemarie2901
    @kelliemarie2901 Před 4 lety +108

    When has anyone ever heard the words “North Korea” and “fun” in the same sentence?! You’d be absolutely crazy to go there. Period.

  • @mmgz1000
    @mmgz1000 Před 7 lety +820

    It seems he felt so comfortable that he forgot he was in N.K.

    • @patricktremblay8532
      @patricktremblay8532 Před 6 lety +2

      EXACTLY !!!
      I have learned my lesson too. I am not going to repeat this mistake again.

    • @janines6680
      @janines6680 Před 5 lety +2

      Patrick what happened to you?

    • @tommyakbar5229
      @tommyakbar5229 Před 5 lety +14

      mmgz1000 not being mean but white privilege

    • @MoneyBoyCJ
      @MoneyBoyCJ Před 5 lety +20

      Tommy Akbar explain how that has anything to do with white privilege. Thankyou lol.

    • @arjenbij
      @arjenbij Před 5 lety +4

      Tommy Akbar
      Me: Hey could I have a big mac with fries and diet coke?
      You: WHITE PRIVILEGE!

  • @fembot521
    @fembot521 Před 4 lety +113

    Stop supporting this cruel government by giving them your money.

    • @ringofdreal1374
      @ringofdreal1374 Před 3 lety +2

      @Harald Harster I saw a video about a North Korean soldier who was shot because he was trying to go to South Korea and managed to stay alive. If even your own soldier tried to escape from your own country then there's really something wrong about it. I'm not a U.S American but is from the Philippines (lived there my whole life.) and I gotta say it's a lot better than my own country. I went to U.S couple years ago and wasn't really expecting anything, love their fast food restaurant but I don't really like things like Mac and Cheese.
      Also, I would rather be in the U.S than North Korea. U.S is literally a superpower country today because of immigrants and probably know how to handle stuff like that. Also, I would rather be in U.S because you don't get wired and observed by North Koreans just because you're a foreign (there was a guy who was a former CIA in North Korea and know hotels who put wires in their places and some actually have CIA people working there.)
      Imagine stealing a poster and getting to confess a crime without a lawyer!

    • @ringofdreal1374
      @ringofdreal1374 Před 3 lety

      @Harald Harster you also seem to not get my point. Why WOULD I spend my money on a government that would kill it's own soldier on broad daylight?! Also, you just said that there's "greater freedom domestically" so why WOULD I go to a country that's not? You mentioned countries in Africa yet there are also other countries that's doing the same thing as them but U.S took the spotlight.
      Also, I didn't just have a vacation in the U.S but have been living since then and about patrionism? It's EVEN worse in the Philippines than the U.S. All they teached in the Philippines is how Spain conquered the country and how bad it is but didn't teach us the bad things some people did in the Philippines. Yet the same year that I move from the Philippines to the U.S the history teacher immediately told us terrible things the people in the U.S did. If it's about patriotism then IT'S worse than even U.S.

    • @finncullen
      @finncullen Před 3 měsíci +1

      And North Korea too.

  • @exeterra4825
    @exeterra4825 Před 4 lety +711

    So this guy is supposed to be a genius yet he went to the 5th floor despite the warning saying "do NOT go to 5th floor", and not only did he go there but he also started tearing down propaganda posters and shit... He doesn't seem like a genius to me

  • @isabel0.o955
    @isabel0.o955 Před 5 lety +146

    nobody:
    Me:
    8:00 “you can check out anytime you like , but you can never leave” that’s a whole lyric from Hotel California

    • @ES_Spotter
      @ES_Spotter Před 3 lety +2

      @@Gwalen Lol what do you do? Type comments on the internet HAHAHA I cant 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @nwcigotbetter2001
    @nwcigotbetter2001 Před 6 lety +3495

    Logan Paul should have gone to north korea

    • @overthemoon9941
      @overthemoon9941 Před 5 lety +29

      Ivan Ho ..👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙂

    • @mystified2356
      @mystified2356 Před 5 lety +140

      Both of the brothers, how about that

    • @Spartansrule3
      @Spartansrule3 Před 5 lety +62

      takis stfu u 9 year old loganger

    • @deedr1234
      @deedr1234 Před 5 lety +6

      I would be overjoyed

    • @nolang.1632
      @nolang.1632 Před 5 lety +6

      Ivan Ho fuck you and no I don’t like him, it mean to say that that shit is in the past and irelivant now

  • @lifeasduckie8268
    @lifeasduckie8268 Před 5 lety +970

    He loved travelling, he travelled so much that he eventually lost respect for the countries he visited. Always have respect for the places you go and the people you see.

    • @blakes5827
      @blakes5827 Před 5 lety +66

      Who doesn't love travelling when it is totally free?
      I wish I had a rich mommy and daddy to pay for all my globe-trotting adventures to impoverished countries not allowed access to outside TV broadcasts or internet, lacking in enough food to eat, and headed by a delusional dictator who forces haircuts on the men and cannot afford to buy a plane that is capable of flying more than 2 hours from North Korea. Oh, wait. Actually I am glad my parents never allowed me to do dumb shit like that.

    • @opticwiddly5263
      @opticwiddly5263 Před 5 lety +60

      If you choose to travel there. Then I guess respect your choice of destination.

    • @cgasucks
      @cgasucks Před 5 lety +60

      @@Ehyobillingsyo I think he meant to say is to respect the countries' laws and traditions that one would travel to, especially North Korea. You don't want to insult them or they'll insult you back big time.

    • @trinitylivingston1286
      @trinitylivingston1286 Před 5 lety +34

      @@Ehyobillingsyo what they meant to say is that if your gonna travel to a country, you should respect it. If you don't, than don't go there. I mean, no matter what my beliefs are, I'm not going to a country and disrespect them. That's just common sense.

    • @crazydanger
      @crazydanger Před 5 lety +32

      @@Ehyobillingsyo dude that's beside the point. I too hate NKorea and how they treat their own people, however I will never go to that country for a visit. If I ever have to for some other reason like work etc, I will make sure to follow every single law of that country. Surely I wont go to a country I hate and be a dick to them. That's asking for trouble. Stay in your country to criticize, don't go abroad if you're not ready to respect their lawd unless you value your life, obviously.

  • @deanryan8725
    @deanryan8725 Před 4 lety +143

    Evil known dictatorship: DO NOT GO FIFTH FLOOR OR DIE
    Otto: Aight Imma head there

    • @jigrodrigues
      @jigrodrigues Před 4 lety +6

      He was soooooooo smart

    • @scout6563
      @scout6563 Před 4 lety

      To be fair, I’d be tempted to go there as well

    • @ktkska8886
      @ktkska8886 Před 4 lety +6

      Americans morn for this fool? What about the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, Syrians, Libyans, Afghans, Yemenis, etc. killed which are caused by Americans?

    • @MrSpyfelis
      @MrSpyfelis Před 2 lety +2

      There is a large possiblity that Otto wasn't actually there.

    • @NotSmartPrettyDumb
      @NotSmartPrettyDumb Před 7 dny

      @@ktkska8886 you cant mean disrespect to anyone dead, each life matters and losing it over chance or one mistake is horrific. The value of a life cannot be calculated, each death is a scar and shame should not be brought to a good person after death just because of one mistake, each death must be mourned.

  • @eleethtahgra7182
    @eleethtahgra7182 Před 4 lety +79

    6:19 Otto: Hey I wanna go to malaria infested area
    Otto's friends: Go for it.
    Otto: dies of malaria
    Otto's friends: We were excited hes going to the craziest place. Its so Otto thing to do.

    • @blink56k
      @blink56k Před 4 lety +17

      Yeah something about that group of friends seemed off and disconnected.

  • @chnalvr
    @chnalvr Před 7 lety +350

    Why are Americans still so determined to travel to North Korea and then everyone is shocked when it goes so wrong?

  • @Versac3e
    @Versac3e Před 7 lety +688

    there going to make a movie out of this... mark my words

    • @Heresnothing1
      @Heresnothing1 Před 7 lety +17

      they already have, you're just watching it.

    • @minala2816
      @minala2816 Před 6 lety +13

      movie name : souvenir

    • @jagdpanther2224
      @jagdpanther2224 Před 6 lety +2

      Made movie for this bloody stupid Otto? You need a chill pill to cool down your brain

    • @Mr_M_1
      @Mr_M_1 Před 6 lety +1

      Kim played by Kim. Secretary of state Dennis rodman

    • @Gisellej80
      @Gisellej80 Před 5 lety

      versacee yes

  • @mrskurd5605
    @mrskurd5605 Před 3 lety +75

    “He was a thinker” Otto: Steals Korean poster

    • @Rl082992
      @Rl082992 Před 3 lety +1

      Guess he wasn't thinking about the consequences or if he would be caught.

    • @jeremywhittier5356
      @jeremywhittier5356 Před 3 lety +7

      He didn't steal the poster. You really trust the North Korean government? A country that kills and enslaves its own people and has done this to Americans before? You're not too bright huh

    • @jeremywhittier5356
      @jeremywhittier5356 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Rl082992 What makes you think he actually stole it? You really trust North Korea to tell you the truth?

    • @judgedbytime
      @judgedbytime Před 3 lety +1

      Unreal lack of sympathy for a situation with little or no evidence.

    • @itzciao7081
      @itzciao7081 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jeremywhittier5356 THANKYOUU U HAVE COMMON SENSE ♥️

  • @jerrymorganjr
    @jerrymorganjr Před 3 lety +123

    "Do not go to the 5th floor!!!!"
    Otto: hold my warmbier.

    • @annadraper6
      @annadraper6 Před 3 lety +7

      Dont go anywhere the United States government tells you not to go. Simple

    • @rileyfreeman9726
      @rileyfreeman9726 Před 3 lety +7

      hold my warm beer

    • @plusrien12
      @plusrien12 Před 3 lety

      But cold beer is better

    • @b7tt7fl7
      @b7tt7fl7 Před 3 lety

      @@annadraper6 fun fact: everyone featured with otto was executed

    • @annadraper6
      @annadraper6 Před 3 lety +2

      @@b7tt7fl7 what is wrong with you? No they were not. Where did you come up with that lie?

  • @TomDeVito
    @TomDeVito Před 7 lety +535

    It's sad what happened to Otto but I gotta ask why would you go to hell on earth?

    • @lizmowrey9866
      @lizmowrey9866 Před 7 lety +5

      Tom DeVito I suppose since it's nicknamed "The hermit kingdom" that sparks curiosity

    • @j800q
      @j800q Před 6 lety +37

      Curiosity, many people go there to see how it looks there

    • @officergregorystevens5765
      @officergregorystevens5765 Před 6 lety +9

      I've been to DPRK and I'll go again.. but I won't steal anything. Nor will I here in the USA.

    • @orangeradishneo
      @orangeradishneo Před 6 lety +5

      I'm curious about the country and wish to go, but i don't think i ever would after this. i follow the rules and never act out of place, even being a Canadian i wouldn't feel safe. I want to travel to learn, not for flashy Instagram photos for people to be jealous of. I understand journalists going at the moment, but can't understand why someone would actually go just to tour for "fun" currently - they hold your passports, you can't travel freely, you're being watched and possibly listened to, you know everything you see is propaganda - the exact same tour is available all over youtube, and you're contributing to their economy, which you know is being used for nukes and not to help citizens.

    • @eastside313yahdig.2
      @eastside313yahdig.2 Před 6 lety +2

      Tom DeVito Amerikkka is just as hellish

  • @tanithjackson9227
    @tanithjackson9227 Před 7 lety +1173

    Lesson to be learned: DO NOT GO TO NORTH KOREA.

    • @AndreasChristianto
      @AndreasChristianto Před 6 lety +7

      Tanith Jackson that was the first thing that i thought

    • @myjessie9678
      @myjessie9678 Před 6 lety +5

      Tanith Jackson ever

    • @NicoleKe
      @NicoleKe Před 6 lety +15

      And if you go keep your hands off their shit. It’s best to just stay away.

    • @skyjuiceification
      @skyjuiceification Před 6 lety +15

      no,...the lesson is don't go there and get caught stealing shhh. especially posters.

    • @stellarstarvibe
      @stellarstarvibe Před 6 lety +15

      Tanith Jackson no the lesson is not to steal shit and follow their instructions

  • @cbenjamin7582
    @cbenjamin7582 Před 5 lety +32

    My God, I hope this young man & his family get the closure they need.

  • @enrique2395
    @enrique2395 Před 5 lety +275

    Gets straight As but decides to go to NK. Genius

    • @BGivka
      @BGivka Před 4 lety +19

      That is what we call academic smarts but no street smarts.

    • @ShootLuckGaming
      @ShootLuckGaming Před 4 lety +8

      Anyone can go to North Korea just like you can go to Europe, It just very strict and as long as you follow the rules and stay with your tour guide your fine...
      I would love to visit North Korea, Its something I want to check off my bucket list

    • @turtletail313
      @turtletail313 Před 4 lety +10

      @@ShootLuckGaming Please don't. There are enough oppressive governments in the world, why the hell would you give your money to the worst one so they can buy more nuclear bombs

    • @judgedbytime
      @judgedbytime Před 3 lety

      I think these two things are unrelated.

    • @dsanders4816
      @dsanders4816 Před 3 lety

      @@turtletail313 💯 true.

  • @spectrumthevideogame7167
    @spectrumthevideogame7167 Před 5 lety +428

    His “travel” locations were to some pretty dangerous locations.

    • @spectrumthevideogame7167
      @spectrumthevideogame7167 Před 5 lety +4

      Angela Gomez I’m sure it was but either couldn’t control him or supported this stuff. The group was made up of future missionaries, journalists, aid supporters, etc. of course this group would be the ones to go!

    • @boathousejoed9005
      @boathousejoed9005 Před 5 lety +19

      Imagine you're a N.Korea inspector viewing his passport....what would you automatically think? U.S. operative.

    • @blakes5827
      @blakes5827 Před 5 lety +7

      And it was no coincidence that it did not end well.

    • @charlespointlee
      @charlespointlee Před 5 lety +3

      Ecuador, Cuba and Israel are pretty popular tourist destinations

    • @RandalfElVikingo
      @RandalfElVikingo Před 4 lety +3

      Lol Cuba and Ecuador are pretty safe, especially for an american.

  • @TheSuperPsychoKiller
    @TheSuperPsychoKiller Před 6 lety +342

    Why the hell would you visit North Korea? People want to get out not get in.

    • @ktkska8886
      @ktkska8886 Před 5 lety +32

      And the North Korea they show you is not the real one but a fake showcase. Americans love to "Let's check it out". This is what I've understood from watching American horror movies. "Hey, did you here a noise in the basement?" Asians : "Yes. Let's get out of here immediately!". Americans : "Let's check it out".

    • @harryk8696
      @harryk8696 Před 5 lety +10

      why would you visit a zoo and watch animals who don't want to be there? we are selfish beings, looking for a thrill.

    • @Marko3123
      @Marko3123 Před 5 lety +4

      The Super Psycho Killer rich white American kid need I say more ?

    • @jumeyer1
      @jumeyer1 Před 5 lety +1

      @@harryk8696 your argument is complete bullshit. This is about politics. It has nothing to do with zoos. And BTW most of those animals in zoos would be with otto right now if they weren't in zoos. STFU.

    • @KIMjB72
      @KIMjB72 Před 5 lety +2

      Harry K that's y'all white ppl who are looking for a thrill and his thrill cost him

  • @mitchg7809
    @mitchg7809 Před 4 lety +176

    “He’s the smartest guy you’ll ever meet”
    Goes to a forbidden country & disobeys rules that had been specifically explained to him.
    Yeah, he’s a real genius that one

    • @sese6227
      @sese6227 Před 3 lety +3

      Why are you red, Mitch?

    • @sirguroz
      @sirguroz Před 2 lety +7

      Yes, he broke Darwin's laws.

    • @chad3232132
      @chad3232132 Před rokem +2

      Very well said. Hundreds of comments on here about what an amazing, brilliant person he was, when the reality is what you stated - he was a moron who got caught up in an American backed conspiracy to commit a theft in North Korea.

    • @SinisterScoundrel6562
      @SinisterScoundrel6562 Před rokem +3

      Is anyone perfect? Do you think you are? Don't answer that.

    • @Dtzeo503
      @Dtzeo503 Před rokem +1

      Same he's dumb lol.

  • @gurmanj102
    @gurmanj102 Před 4 lety +105

    Why these guys laughing, their best friend died and they joking around😂😂

    • @nou6206
      @nou6206 Před 3 lety +3

      and why are *you* joking around why would you use these emojis?

    • @rein7015
      @rein7015 Před 3 lety

      😂😂

    • @nazrinshah6644
      @nazrinshah6644 Před 3 lety +4

      Even his friend is a bunch of weirdo

    • @dsanders4816
      @dsanders4816 Před 3 lety

      @@nazrinshah6644 true.

  • @deezee6190
    @deezee6190 Před 5 lety +899

    of course I feel awful for him, but you NEVER go to another country..... especially north korea and disrespect their culture and lifestyle

    • @blakes5827
      @blakes5827 Před 5 lety +47

      Learning manners and respect apparently crimps too many people's style nowadays.

    • @drench1580
      @drench1580 Před 5 lety +57

      Dee Zee there is zero evidence that he stole anything, confession is clearly fabricated

    • @deezee6190
      @deezee6190 Před 5 lety +66

      Him ripping down korean military propaganda was caught on camera....... tf you talking about lol

    • @cent20buck71
      @cent20buck71 Před 5 lety +45

      @@deezee6190 They couldn't even see who it was on camera. It was not proven it was him, and they'd have made him say he did it even if he did not. If your life is threatened, you'll say u stole a poster, even if you did not.

    • @Finians_Mancave
      @Finians_Mancave Před 5 lety +51

      @Danite Ghost In North Korea, it might as well be the same thing. You don't go into dictatorial regimes and impose your own free-wheeling sensibilities and expect them to bend to your way of thinking. It's mind-boggling the sheer arrogance (or is it naivete?) of people - usually young Christians brainwashed into thinking God will protect them no matter where they go - who travel to war-torn, dictatorial or just westerner-unfriendly countries and think they can bring their own agenda and the locals will accept them with open arms. Unbelievable!

  • @JDHart
    @JDHart Před 5 lety +401

    This should be a lesson for anyone who wants to visit a dictatorship and thinks he can get away with breaking the law.

    • @chegadesuade
      @chegadesuade Před 5 lety +32

      Well said, but not just dictatorships, the rule applies in every country. You don't travel to a country with strict laws and break those laws.

    • @JDHart
      @JDHart Před 5 lety +5

      bisquitnspanky yes, I wish we had more law abiding citizens in America. Does that make me jealous?

    • @JDHart
      @JDHart Před 5 lety +6

      @Danite Ghost I would never go there.

    • @JDHart
      @JDHart Před 5 lety

      @Mark Gibson what do you mean?

    • @JDHart
      @JDHart Před 5 lety

      Mark Gibson do tell, what laws did Trump break?

  • @derekmoody1358
    @derekmoody1358 Před 5 lety +104

    Going there would NOT be relaxing. A good night of sleep? Doubtful.

  • @julievanderleest
    @julievanderleest Před 3 lety +24

    Honestly if the country you want to go to doesn’t even have a U.S. embassy or one of your country, you may want to change your mind and find another country. Especially if you are American because there are some countries that hate the U.S. and North Korea is one of them. Definitely feel so terrible for what happened to Otto and his parents.

  • @maplesyrupyumm
    @maplesyrupyumm Před 7 lety +453

    2:45 "He was never afraid of anything."
    He sure wasn't afraid to steal that poster.

    • @darktronics9901
      @darktronics9901 Před 6 lety +4

      That's why he went to North America

    • @mikeriyaansley159
      @mikeriyaansley159 Před 6 lety +2

      +Dark Tronics north Korea

    • @briananderson7056
      @briananderson7056 Před 6 lety +3

      Justin Thao He should have BEEN !

    • @AA-do2lv
      @AA-do2lv Před 6 lety +2

      Justin Thao LMAO

    • @tonixfay
      @tonixfay Před 6 lety +38

      Actually, there’s no proof that he took the picture. The video that the North Korean Government used as evidence against Otto is so poor in quality, you can’t make out the features of the perpetrator. The North Korean Government wanted to use Otto as a political bargaining chip, and that is the only reason he was convicted. They N.K dictator is an evil and cold-hearted human being, and Otto should’ve never been subjected to all the pain and fear and torture he went through.

  • @levi___2096
    @levi___2096 Před 6 lety +1084

    Don't break the law when you are in a foreign place. Just follow the rules and you will be ok.

    • @briarrose29
      @briarrose29 Před 6 lety +102

      Levi 123 I'm not sure that was true here. Seems like a set up and he may not even have done what they said he did. This guy was a political pawn. It's better not to visit countries that yours is at odds with period.

    • @additionalsun
      @additionalsun Před 5 lety +21

      6:43 and 7:47 state otherwise. Did you even watch the video? Instead of saying "Hurr durr its all a conspiracy, illuminati" actually watch the video

    • @additionalsun
      @additionalsun Před 5 lety +1

      Im taking to briarrose29

    • @Mia-ln1zs
      @Mia-ln1zs Před 5 lety +1

      @@additionalsun What about that time stamp state otherwise? The time stamp would actually suggest that Otto was fully aware that even a photo could get him detained in NK. But he decided to risk it all for bragging rights to a poster. That he didn't even bother to capture evidence he indeed took it?

    • @rahabwanjiku176
      @rahabwanjiku176 Před 5 lety

      briarrose29 sure

  • @wickedgaming9520
    @wickedgaming9520 Před 4 lety +257

    nobody:
    his fake ass friends only in it for the clout: it’s Otto hahaha... nice person ... hahah super smart haha

  • @ambracapson4678
    @ambracapson4678 Před 4 lety +15

    People should not automatically believe that he stole a poster. Or that the torture that he got was justified.

  • @cybersunday1
    @cybersunday1 Před 5 lety +219

    He loved travelling. So he obviously knew that destroying a poster in North Korea is a big no no. It is sad to see the young man die . But you do not go to places that have no diplomatic relationship with your country. If you do and break the law you gace the consequences.

    • @nWoandDX4life
      @nWoandDX4life Před 4 lety +4

      @@shadowban581 Maybe he should've read them before going there. For pete's sake, i don't even go to the bar without knowing what kind of place it is.

    • @antamanta9584
      @antamanta9584 Před 4 lety +1

      It's ok to gace the consequences. But it's not ok to be killed

    • @johnnyawful5120
      @johnnyawful5120 Před 4 lety +5

      Ok fine then take his poster, but don't kill him.

    • @lamar-kingram6338
      @lamar-kingram6338 Před 2 lety

      You could steal a ps5 in America in clear cctv 4K 60 FPS and still get off with nothing essentially if you plead guilty in nk you get 15 years for taking a piece and you get caught on a camera with such bad quality you’d think has been their since the Cold War era... truly a country stuck in time.

    • @laqueenawilliams4762
      @laqueenawilliams4762 Před rokem

      @@antamanta9584 - tested his white privilege and fail. Dumb move

  • @cobracurse
    @cobracurse Před 7 lety +841

    I personally think Otto Wambier's brain damage was likely the result of a botched suicide attempt. If you think about it, the theory that the North Koreans tortured Wambier to the point of mortal brain damage does not really fit with the usual MO of the North Koreans when it comes to dealing with American prisoners. Past American detainees in North Korea (who have been released) report of rough treatment, but not systematic torture to the point of brain damage. After all, North Korea usually detains American tourists to use as bargaining chips for "free aid" (food, money etc). I personally think the North Koreans did just enough to keep Wambier "alive" long enough to ship him back to the USA so that he would not "die" on North Korean soil.
    I find it, at best, extremely strange that his parents refused to have his body autopsied before burial. As parents, wouldn't you want true answers instead of just living on the assumption that "Otto was tortured to death"?

    • @mercedesjaiden7688
      @mercedesjaiden7688 Před 7 lety +60

      cobracurse ikr it's just strange

    • @EiziEizz
      @EiziEizz Před 7 lety +129

      Even if he tried to commit suicide it's ultimately North Koreas fault.

    • @Pfromm007
      @Pfromm007 Před 7 lety +81

      From what I read about the personal accounts of prisoners is that it wouldn't be uncommon if one of the guards went too far. Perhaps taking liberties with his orders, this guard chose to really lay into Otto with all the brainwashed anger at the United States that filled his mind.

    • @Awakeningspirit20
      @Awakeningspirit20 Před 7 lety +43

      Wow that's actually pretty likely. Otto thought a lot and likely had an overactive imagination, as very smart people usually do. Being trapped like that and facing such horror and, likely, being tortured (the "hard labor" in itself likely is like torture), Otto probably imagined there was no way out. He was so terrified, grief-stricken, exhausted that he tried to hang himself and this cut off oxygen to the brain causing brain damage... wow. We still need war on those fuckers, their "rules" break all international rules and norms.

    • @marcusmagice
      @marcusmagice Před 7 lety +16

      awakeningspirit20
      Ok go sign up and only whites should fight!

  • @CristinaF210
    @CristinaF210 Před 4 lety +13

    What a beautiful family god help them I can't imagine the sadness they're going thru .

  • @averyhaddad
    @averyhaddad Před 4 lety +32

    This poor kid, he was so young, too young. My heart goes out to his family. We will always remember Otto.

    • @JustAnOrdinarySimmer
      @JustAnOrdinarySimmer Před rokem +1

      I actually forgot about the muppet until recently when for some reason it was suggested to me

    • @chad3232132
      @chad3232132 Před rokem +3

      He was a grown ass man, not a child. He knew he was doing wrong when he committed the crime. Actions have consequences.

    • @SinisterScoundrel6562
      @SinisterScoundrel6562 Před rokem +4

      @@chad3232132 So you condone murder? You want one of your kids to suffer what he suffered?

    • @chad3232132
      @chad3232132 Před rokem +4

      @@SinisterScoundrel6562 He wasn't murdered.

    • @blackalien6873
      @blackalien6873 Před 9 měsíci

      Umm....no. What a dumb comment.

  • @rmclarkjr
    @rmclarkjr Před 5 lety +367

    Not a very bright decision....What was his second choice? Somalia?

    • @vic5015
      @vic5015 Před 5 lety +30

      Why not Syria or Yemen if you're gonna be that dumb.

    • @BeAreYou
      @BeAreYou Před 5 lety +8

      Iran, maybe!

    • @blakes5827
      @blakes5827 Před 5 lety +11

      @@BeAreYou Good idea. Nothing bad has ever happened to an American in Iran over the past 40 years.

    • @ryant282a
      @ryant282a Před 5 lety +9

      "See the sights of gorgeous downtown Mogadishu!"

    • @txttxt7482
      @txttxt7482 Před 5 lety +5

      he planned to go to Saudi arabia and open a beer.

  • @Kindapple
    @Kindapple Před 6 lety +116

    "he was never afriad of anything" well and this is a result

    • @sese6227
      @sese6227 Před 3 lety

      You were so close....

  • @GilbertsGrapes
    @GilbertsGrapes Před 5 lety +63

    You voluntarily travel to NK
    You’re well aware of their harsh policies
    You BREAK those policies
    You’re sent to a NK prison
    What a hero 😒

    • @THEbeetrootsoup
      @THEbeetrootsoup Před 2 lety

      Actually he wasn't in the hotel when the poster incident happened. They said it was 1:57AM when that happened. But his travel partners said they just returned to hotel at about 3:00AM

  • @bellz8785
    @bellz8785 Před 4 lety +13

    I pray that our fellowmen living in North Korea will one day learn the beauty of the world God has given us. I wish they'll be free like any other citizen of the universe.🙏

  • @LATVERIAN1
    @LATVERIAN1 Před 6 lety +183

    His "friends" were excited for Otto, going to North Korea??? If I had been his friend I would have tried talking some sense into him. What are they teaching in schools these days anyway.

    • @ktkska8886
      @ktkska8886 Před 5 lety +8

      Just like the Korean church people are excited for their pastors and some followers going to Afghanistan war zones to preach the gospels to tribes who are cut off from the outside world, "The Mighty Lord will be thy guide and He will send angels to protect you". When the pastor was beheaded and the rest was held as ransom, the Christians did not turn to their god but to their government who used the taxpayers' money (including Buddhists, Atheists, Gay people) to bail them out.

    • @marcosmota1094
      @marcosmota1094 Před 5 lety

      @@ktkska8886 Good read. And corroborated: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_South_Korean_hostage_crisis_in_Afghanistan

    • @Orwellian444
      @Orwellian444 Před 5 lety

      Its the same reason why so many young people are on drugs, everything is about enabling and acceptance

    • @brandonjpj1
      @brandonjpj1 Před 5 lety +1

      the liberal controlled school systems taut that everyone is good on the inside and that we all love each other and only the right is hateful.. so otto skipped off to a brutal 3rd world country on vacation and paid the price for his idiot parents and friends not chaining him to his bed. I work at the hospital where otto ended up in Ohio... His families refusal for an autopsy further illustrates his parents poor choices as now we can only speculate what actually happened.

    • @philskovby2917
      @philskovby2917 Před 5 lety +3

      That's because his friends probably never heard of North Korea its typical american all they know is their stupid states

  • @cts-video
    @cts-video Před 5 lety +340

    Peace and blessings to the family and friends of this young man.
    This a very sad story, but a lot of Americans ignorant and arrogant with their attitudes and behaviors in foriegn countries. I wish N Korea would have simply fined and sent him home. But North Korea is NOT America; and your United States State Department will tell you and warn you.
    The choices we make dictates the life we live and the end we meet.

    • @lauratheexplora4936
      @lauratheexplora4936 Před 4 lety +5

      It’s not just Americans tho

    • @rachelwood9438
      @rachelwood9438 Před 4 lety +3

      @@annan7728 he was already very hurt before he came home, its impossible to put yourself in their position. Watching your child unresponsive and unable to do anything..I would have let him go too

    • @sese6227
      @sese6227 Před 3 lety +1

      @@lauratheexplora4936 But that's never acknowledged. When another country does something like this, everyone screams "Respect their culture"....if it happened to a tourist visiting America, everyone, including all of the Americans talking ish, it would be "America's evil".

    • @wildheartxxx135
      @wildheartxxx135 Před 2 lety

      @@rachelwood9438 but he was in coma and could wake up at any moment,his parents should not have done that!In whatever cirsumstances he was he was still alive!

    • @marica95
      @marica95 Před 2 lety +2

      @@wildheartxxx135 there wasn't any brain activity anymore, the poor guy was already dead at that time

  • @faustinamercynongspung6387
    @faustinamercynongspung6387 Před 11 měsíci +6

    So painful i feel sorry for him, May his soul rest in peace.

  • @latifahgordeeva6198
    @latifahgordeeva6198 Před 5 lety +7

    That poor baby. No matter what anyone says, I will never forget him.

  • @lisaoldwithsomanywhys5487
    @lisaoldwithsomanywhys5487 Před 7 lety +19

    I so sorry for the pain this family has to go through 😭 My heart goes out to you, God bless 🙏🏻

  • @littlecarrey9887
    @littlecarrey9887 Před 7 lety +486

    FYI ---- The family says he was tortured yet they are refusing to release the post mortem.....Here's my plot twist: Otto tried killing himself over there, went into a coma and NK sent him back not wanting him to die over there.....I dunno if that's it or not but something isn't being told to us.

    • @shineeteentop24
      @shineeteentop24 Před 7 lety +114

      alexa he's referring to the autopsy not the actually body....obviously

    • @NotDerek._.T
      @NotDerek._.T Před 7 lety

      shineeteentop24 at least shes not bixby AHEM

    • @littlecarrey9887
      @littlecarrey9887 Před 7 lety +53

      Hey Alexa want to talk with grown ups? Then learn how to fucking type like one....Moron.

    • @SDwilly
      @SDwilly Před 7 lety +33

      Otto Warmbier most likely tried to kill himself, that's a reasonable theory.

    • @hottiecougar40
      @hottiecougar40 Před 7 lety +11

      also i believe that out of all the students. nk did a background check and found out he worked for the cia. or perhaps a cia intern. seems probable.

  • @Arthur5260
    @Arthur5260 Před 5 lety +12

    Always a good idea, if your Government says 'don't go there, if you do, get your affairs in order (see Dept of State advisories)' You need to heed that advice.

  • @domocracydestroyer8219
    @domocracydestroyer8219 Před 5 lety +20

    If I was Otto’s friend I would have done my best to talk him out of it!

    • @Enlightenment246
      @Enlightenment246 Před 3 lety +4

      Clearly his friends were not very friendly or helpful 😹

  • @skeleton5459
    @skeleton5459 Před 7 lety +191

    3:42 so tell us about your friend Otto. ""He was so intelligent" Oh the irony.

    • @golden4730
      @golden4730 Před 6 lety +10

      Skeleton lol. Yeah, he's clearly not intelligent and going to North Korea shows that.

    • @PinemartenMusic
      @PinemartenMusic Před 5 lety +17

      Nothing wrong with going to North Korea. It's just stupid to forget you're there when you're there. Otto dug his grave when he tried to take that poster.

    • @OutlawMantis
      @OutlawMantis Před 5 lety

      I don't think that's an example of irony, which makes your attempt to insult someone's intelligence quite amusing.

    •  Před 5 lety +2

      he was taunting death by visiting countries like cuba (communist), israel (always being bombed), ecuador (gang violence). Finally he went to the one that would end up sealing his fate... North Fucken Korea.

    • @judgedbytime
      @judgedbytime Před 5 lety +1

      Intelligence is not the avoidance of danger or thrill, dumbass.

  • @misbellesmith9310
    @misbellesmith9310 Před 7 lety +395

    weather he took the poster or not he did not deserve 15 years. 15 years for a poster is outrageous and barbaric. There's no excuse for what the north Koreans did to him. Put yourself in his place for a moment. How would you feel? He was a bright young man who had his life stolen from him by idiots. God bless him and his family.

    • @cyrildominictan4478
      @cyrildominictan4478 Před 6 lety +26

      XxZigiixX hi there. women are definitely not legal at 13 in ph. they are legal at 18. i do agree with your point though, i struggle to feel sympathy for the guy. sure his life was stolen from but once you go to a country with a different culture and a different set of rules, you follow them. The country and its custom does not adjust to a tourist's bidding. He has been fairly warned and its common etiquette once you go outside your own country.

    • @NicoleKe
      @NicoleKe Před 6 lety +34

      misbelle smith please. Everything about NK is barbaric. Commit a crime and three generations are punished. They were told not to go to the fifth floor. They should have kept their asses off the fifth floor.

    • @skyjuiceification
      @skyjuiceification Před 6 lety +13

      so accountability is for everyone else but not the critters u think are special ? they didn't make up laws for him. the laws were in place before he DECIDED to go there and do what he did.

    • @ARTPOPrylee
      @ARTPOPrylee Před 5 lety +6

      Yet we're still alive. So no, definitely not dumber than his decision. Thanks.

    • @pablozamora5430
      @pablozamora5430 Před 5 lety +6

      For the people talking about different countries different rules, that is not the point here, seen from a more objective and humane point of view, just give a thought at how, and for what reason, should a person receive such a brutal 15 year long punishment for getting a piece of paper depicting a fat piece of shit - who is a megalomaniac tyrant opresssor who portrays himself as a friggin' god yet shouldn't deserve to live at all in the first place - ? It is a friggin' poster, against a human life! Rules don't have any reason to be there, they are utterly meaningless.

  • @whataboutrob442
    @whataboutrob442 Před 4 lety +10

    I had friends like Otto in school. He is probably missed beyond comprehension.

  • @JMac-27
    @JMac-27 Před 5 lety +4

    Those children are so absolutely precious

  • @wonshiin
    @wonshiin Před 5 lety +500

    He was not a hero. He should have known better.

    • @kallesven3749
      @kallesven3749 Před 5 lety +8

      ohh stfu its not like they just took him @Danite Ghost

    • @bluntie52
      @bluntie52 Před 5 lety +5

      What exactly are you saying Kalle………..your words have no meaning. Its not just like who took who?

    • @mspinkytee
      @mspinkytee Před 5 lety +9

      He still didn't deserve such harsh treatment.

    • @mada7393
      @mada7393 Před 5 lety +9

      wonshiin I wonder if you said the same if it was your father, your brother or your friend😉. We are all so “smart” when it comes to judging others. Prisons should not be torture, killing you slowly. North Corea is living in the medieval days; they are so cruel and closed minded, especially when it comes to the treatment of prisoners.

    • @Coburn4323
      @Coburn4323 Před 5 lety +2

      @@bluntie52 I understand it. Perhaps you should work on your English, moron

  • @yeehaw905
    @yeehaw905 Před 5 lety +55

    why do they reply to everything with “that’s otto” “such an otto thing to do”

    • @besteverepicmillennial5927
      @besteverepicmillennial5927 Před 5 lety +12

      It's a college yuppie thing. Kind of like everything is "best ever" & " Epic" these days, very millennial things to say :)

    • @quickfruits6963
      @quickfruits6963 Před 5 lety +5

      Yea His friends sound so brain dead too🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @jeezthatscocky3144
    @jeezthatscocky3144 Před 5 lety +5

    Small Cincinnati suburb, of Wyoming, Ohio.
    I had to hear that back again to understand it.

  • @animejuice5615
    @animejuice5615 Před 4 lety +4

    “You can check out anytime but you can never leave”

  • @josron6088
    @josron6088 Před 5 lety +12

    I saw the parents interview it was one of the oddest things I've ever seen they never even had an autopsy done

  • @MrKjg2388
    @MrKjg2388 Před 6 lety +16

    This is a great example of what happens when you mess around in countries that are not the United States. I do not agree with what happened to him but plenty of people go to North Korea and do not steal things and don't get arrested and eventually end up dead.

  • @cuzcohusky3533
    @cuzcohusky3533 Před 5 lety +7

    Man that's horrible I also traveled so much in my time, I also was in China and knew of those tours but dam I cant even imagine what he must have felt. My deepest condolences

  • @igetcoldtoes
    @igetcoldtoes Před 4 lety +9

    I just wanna help those little kids who were singing 😭😭

  • @eliascollection
    @eliascollection Před 5 lety +93

    north korea is a scary place for sure.

  • @Danny2Sophia
    @Danny2Sophia Před 7 lety +35

    I feel so sorry for Warmbier's family and for Otto... What a tragic loss... He seems like a great young guy who likes to adventure and what he faced was just out of imagination.

  • @nickz5849
    @nickz5849 Před 5 lety +3

    You guys should see the vice video where they went to an actual NK labor camp in Siberia. That shit is 100x crazier than Otto, and the vice crew all survived

  • @SK22000
    @SK22000 Před 5 lety +9

    "Bro, like how awesome would it be to go to North Korea?" "Like totally bro"

  • @lizmowrey9866
    @lizmowrey9866 Před 7 lety +12

    This is so sad! It's hard to imagine such horrible things like this is happening today. My condolences to Otto's family and friends.

  • @jacksonnolasco
    @jacksonnolasco Před 6 lety +139

    Why would you romaticize his unruly bahaviour. He went to nor.korea, disrespected and disobeyed their law and you would expect them to just let it pass. Being an american doesnt give you the license to do anything u want. When you get into another country be respectful.

  • @zillsburyy1
    @zillsburyy1 Před 5 lety +27

    all he had to do was avoid the 5th floor

  • @babygyeom1302
    @babygyeom1302 Před 5 lety +17

    If you go to another country. RESPECT THEM THATS IT RESPECT THERE COUNTRY

    • @cyan3504
      @cyan3504 Před 4 lety +7

      Baby Gyeom1 did he deserve to get tortured and killed over a poster that was degrading his own country? No. Should you criticize the country behavior instead of the victim? Yes

    • @ETruesdel
      @ETruesdel Před 3 lety +1

      *their

  • @GROOVYJOJO
    @GROOVYJOJO Před 5 lety +39

    As painful as it is to re-call the horror and injustice of Otto's fate, this must never be forgotten. It's nice to hear his friends recalling their memories.

  • @lilscorpio02
    @lilscorpio02 Před 5 lety +6

    Otto was a free spirited with good intentions. It was just expressed in the wrong place at the wrong time. Condolences to his family.

  • @chanelleyoussefi4790
    @chanelleyoussefi4790 Před 3 lety +7

    And even if it was him!! He deserved to live!!! Be a bit compassionate for the suffering he went through!! It is very unfair and sad. All my love to his family. I wish he would have had the chance to survive..

  • @a.h4380
    @a.h4380 Před 4 lety +5

    We were given full reign of the hotel except for the fifth floor.....
    So we went to the fifth floor

  • @hysped
    @hysped Před 5 lety +113

    Damn could not watch but 3 minutes of these fake people.

    • @blakes5827
      @blakes5827 Před 5 lety +15

      They seem like the biggest vanilla country club people on Earth in some ways, almost like 19th century English aristocrats at moments. Wealthy Aryan German-descent man and his possibly Jewish (?) wife. The emotional detachment is yucky, but grief does vary from person to person and changes from week to week. All that being said, I hate that they lost their child. Bless their hearts. What an awful way to see your child's life end.

    • @chowder8802
      @chowder8802 Před 5 lety +6

      IKR "mourners?" my ass

    • @YaowBucketHEAD
      @YaowBucketHEAD Před 4 lety +8

      So many fake ass people anymore. "They" won't associate with you unless it benefits them somehow.
      Something seems off, like most of these people hated this guy and the chicks thought he was a creep. But the chance to be on shitty ass abc?
      *SIGN ME UP!! "OTTO WAS AN ANGEL AND THE PINNACLE OF AMERICANS!"*

  • @taydavies7599
    @taydavies7599 Před 7 lety +15

    Can anyone explain why he was detained at the airport instead of the hotel?What day of the trip did he do it on and why did it take them that long to find out, he was damn near out of the country..

    • @Ghettowater
      @Ghettowater Před 6 lety +1

      Tay Davies I saw on a different documentary that he was actually in his hotel when they asked for him to step out. His roommate shared the story and actually made a joke to otto saying "nice knowing ya" and Otto laughed and walked out. From there he was never returned.

  • @stickyrice2141
    @stickyrice2141 Před 2 lety +3

    "he was never afraid of anything..." well that is when you will get in trouble... Feeling afraid is suppose to work as self defense...

  • @peni1641
    @peni1641 Před 4 lety +15

    His own actions got him killed. As a tourist you are a GUEST in that other country. NK was not at fault , they were upholding their laws.

  • @lisabee7783
    @lisabee7783 Před 5 lety +3

    This breaks my heart. God bless his family.

  • @richardthetroll6758
    @richardthetroll6758 Před 5 lety +314

    Curiosity killed the cat..... You play with fire you sometimes get burned..... Idiotic for anyone to even go there....

    • @jjjjj8455
      @jjjjj8455 Před 5 lety +25

      Fuck off

    • @matthewstephens8630
      @matthewstephens8630 Před 5 lety +44

      There is definitely a reason people are advised to not travel to certain places.
      It is sad, yes.
      But choices are made by individuals.

    • @richardthetroll6758
      @richardthetroll6758 Před 5 lety +31

      @JR N the thing is. truth upsets some yet it is truth... Insensitive yet sensitive to some yet not to other's.. A pointless point... There is a reason why they have warnings not to go to certain places.. If you go... YOU have to face the consequences.. Even if it is death... The 5th floor was off limits.. You play russian roulette to many times.. Sooner or later you lose.... Truth...

    • @millenniallychallenged5641
      @millenniallychallenged5641 Před 5 lety +13

      It was outrageously stupid for him to fuck with one of their propaganda posters. That being said no one deserves to die like that.

    • @userinva8101
      @userinva8101 Před 5 lety +3

      @@millenniallychallenged5641 we all have done stupid things in our lives. That boy didn't deserve what they did to him.

  • @ajisenramen888
    @ajisenramen888 Před 5 lety +2

    He went to Cuba Ecuador and Israel. Then to China and Korea. A very adventurous young man.

  • @starflyer3219
    @starflyer3219 Před 4 lety +4

    Most people: It's dangerous to go to North Korea
    Otto: Hold my Warmbier

  • @gunner4lyfe723
    @gunner4lyfe723 Před 5 lety +8

    I'm sorry for What happened to him, I'm sorry for the pain the family is going through. He broke their laws.

  • @kimiantumblod7654
    @kimiantumblod7654 Před 6 lety +104

    Why the hell would you go to North Korea anyway?

    • @TheNuharoo
      @TheNuharoo Před 6 lety +17

      Otto is one of those kids who was not raised to think about the realities of the wider world. He thought he would be safe on tour, but he was not. I am certain that he wasn't THINKING and wasn't taught that the rest of the world does not operate according to Western ways of life.

    • @Donari
      @Donari Před 6 lety +7

      the tours are safe unless you do something stupid

    • @katvtay
      @katvtay Před 5 lety +4

      Several thousand westerners travel to North Korea every year, and it’s been said about 20-25 percent are Americans… well, Americans can’t go since the tragedy with Otto. I agree, it is insane to travel there. Otto, like those on his tour, were young adults taken in by the advertisement from the tour company and were unfamiliar with how potentially dangerous travel there is.

    • @ktkska8886
      @ktkska8886 Před 5 lety +1

      People with itchy backsides. Don't you see in all American horror movies the stupid characters always "Let's check it out"

    • @mpwattzs4860
      @mpwattzs4860 Před 5 lety +1

      Sounded like a death wish to me

  • @natashat9663
    @natashat9663 Před 4 lety

    I feel ashamed to say this but this is my first time seeing this video and I’m only two minutes in, I already know I’m going to be left with so many questions, what does one do to cope with things that don’t make sense?

  • @ancelrick5396
    @ancelrick5396 Před 5 lety +12

    otto's trip begins 6:23

  • @JoelBondurant
    @JoelBondurant Před 7 lety +169

    "Obey the law and the police state won't have to terminate you." - Everyone

    • @natalieviktorya115
      @natalieviktorya115 Před 7 lety +13

      Joel Bondurant even in America, stealing a hotel poster, won't get you killed. NK has no human rights, the government are vile moral less animals, don't see why you are defending them.

    • @chrisw8231
      @chrisw8231 Před 6 lety

      no one cares about white males in america

    • @tonymoretti2347
      @tonymoretti2347 Před 6 lety +1

      Joel Bondurant doubt that he took it

    • @gigachad192
      @gigachad192 Před 6 lety

      "Obey the law" yeah, right. That's what mindless sheep say.

    • @isidoraveronica
      @isidoraveronica Před 5 lety +2

      Americans have a grandiose sense within themselves

  • @anneoneill280
    @anneoneill280 Před 5 lety +3

    Heart breaking, absolutely heart breaking!

  • @breaaamoth5851
    @breaaamoth5851 Před 3 lety +1

    Y’all his friends and family could very well be reading these comments. Human decency, kindness and condolences are a rarity these days. Keyboard warriors 🙄 would love to see y’all try to this stuff to his families face. Big tough words behind the screen while you’re safe in your home.

  • @Noone9227
    @Noone9227 Před 5 lety

    Another flattering way to put Cincinnati in the news. Thanks, Otto.

  • @krsamysmith1
    @krsamysmith1 Před 5 lety +10

    Hey I want to go to N Korea. Friend says "I am excited for you" .... Really friend ?

  • @yoransom
    @yoransom Před 5 lety +32

    Don’t blame the tour company. Sadly Otto brought this on himself. RIP.

    • @judgedbytime
      @judgedbytime Před 5 lety

      You just passed the North Korean citizenship test.

    • @critter2
      @critter2 Před 5 lety

      well yea but the tour is also partly to blame how does someone go missing 2 hours and no one goes to check whats going on?

    • @yoransom
      @yoransom Před 5 lety +1

      judged by time Don’t call me a communist because I don’t stick my finger in a lions ass and expect it to be happy.

    • @financiallemonade6885
      @financiallemonade6885 Před rokem

      @@critter2 how is it the tour's fault? otto's decision got him in trouble. the tour finding him in 2 hours wouldn't have saved him.

  • @jordy2299
    @jordy2299 Před 3 lety +6

    North Korea be like: “uHM tHiS gUY diED FoR sOMe rEaSOn”

  • @valptn4334
    @valptn4334 Před 2 lety +3

    This is so sad!! Poor Otto and poor family! He was so young and for sure wasn't aware about the real risk of the country! There are a lot of theories out there that says he was not the one who took the poster off, that he wasn't even in the hotel that hour, anyway, one thing he did: he went to the 5th floor, who was prohibited and it was a big risk to take in a coutry like that by itself. I hope that his soul rest in peace.

  • @wonhoera
    @wonhoera Před 5 lety +50

    Why did it have to be him
    Why couldn’t it have been the paul brothers

    • @azbaakhtar6386
      @azbaakhtar6386 Před 5 lety

      thats disgusting

    • @susiecam1033
      @susiecam1033 Před 5 lety

      It seems to be that the PAUL brothers are a tad bit smarter and have better counsel. Lol.😊
      This kid had brass balls!!!

    • @Enlightenment246
      @Enlightenment246 Před 3 lety

      Meghan Markel.......

  • @hysped
    @hysped Před 5 lety +50

    curiosity killed the Cat, Oh and Otto too!!!!

  • @Harbord
    @Harbord Před měsícem

    Does anyone know the story behind the W Otto poster and hand signs please? I’m curious if anyone knows

  • @harrynelsonjr3921
    @harrynelsonjr3921 Před 4 lety +8

    My dad who fought in the Korean war said "do not trust them ever"

    • @datzdarkozdatzdarkoz7079
      @datzdarkozdatzdarkoz7079 Před 4 lety +1

      So he fought allied with the japanese fascist and the USA terrorist against a legitimate elected government

    • @gavinbrown7453
      @gavinbrown7453 Před 4 lety

      @@datzdarkozdatzdarkoz7079 found the korean

    • @MadMikeSportsYT
      @MadMikeSportsYT Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@datzdarkozdatzdarkoz7079 Well, looks like we have a North Korean here.