North Korea Releases US Student Following Rodman Visit

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First photo: Dennis Rodman arrives in North Korea for the 5th time. He wouldn't tell me if he's spoken to Trump or anyone from the US gov't. pic.twitter.com/aeEvEhkNwD
— Will Ripley (@willripleyCNN) June 13, 2017

Rex Tillerson announced on Tuesday that North Korea has released Otto Warmbier, an American who was serving a 15 year jail sentence somewhere in the bowels of the hermit kingdom. The announcement came just hours after Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea for an unexpected trip, as reported last night. Warmbier, a University of Virginia student from Cincinnati, was sentenced in March after a televised tearful public confession to trying to steal a propaganda banner.
At the direction of the President, the Department of State has secured the release of Otto Warmbier from North Korea,’ Tillerson said in a statement. ‘Mr. Warmbier is en route to the U. S. where he will be reunited with his family.’
What he really meant is that Dennis Rodman’s unique style of “diplomacy” appears to have achieved what neither Tillerson himself, nor the previous administration had been capable of.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Jun 13, 2017.