U.S. should pay North Korea hospital bill for student prisoner who died - ex-envoy

WASHINGTON - The former U.S. diplomat who secured the release from North Korea of American Otto Warmbier said on Monday Washington should honour its pledge to pay Pyongyang $2 million for the student's hospital care.

Yun, who retired from the State Department last year and is now a global affairs analyst for CNN, said on the network he believed the United States should honour its commitment. Yun said that as soon as North Korea made the demand he contacted the then secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, who told him to go ahead and sign the agreement. Asked if he believed Tillerson had the approval of President Donald Trump, he replied:"That was my understanding. I never asked him. But that was my understanding."

In a reply on Twitter, Trump said"no money was paid" but did not address whether any agreement had been made.

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