An envoy sent to North Korea to retrieve the 21-year-old student signed an agreement to pay the $2 million on instructions passed down from President Donald Trump, the former official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic matter., citing two people familiar with the situation, first reported the demand and that the envoy signed the agreement.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the administration does not comment on hostage negotiations. U.S. policy is to refuse to pay ransom for the release of Americans detained abroad. Warmbier was seized from a tour group while visiting North Korea in January 2016 and convicted on charges of trying to steal a propaganda poster and sentenced to 15 years of hard labour.
Maybe we should start treating Koreans in Canada the same way
I thought the parents sued for 5 million because they murdered their son .
This gives ammunition to the family in suing NK.