North Korea demanded that the United States pay a $2 million medical bill for US student Otto Warmbier, who went into a coma after allegedly being tortured in the totalitarian country, a report said Thursday.
The envoy signed the pledge on instructions from President Donald Trump, according to the Post report.Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, was imprisoned after being accused of taking down a propaganda poster in his hotel during a trip to North Korea. North Korea denied claims by the Warmbier family that he had been tortured, saying he had contracted botulism.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders' only reaction to the Post report was:"We do not comment on hostage negotiations, which is why they have been so successful during this administration."
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