Ohio Town Marks North Korean Captive’s ‘Bittersweet’ Return

American Otto Warmbier’s five-day visit as a tourist to North Korea in January 2016 turned into a 17-month detention after authorities in the reclusive communist country accused him of “hostile acts against the state.” Now back in the United States, released by the North Koreans and medically evacuated by the U.S. government, much about the 22-year-old’s imprisonment remains unclear. VOA’s Kane Farabaugh has more on how his family and community are celebrating his “bittersweet” return.

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