US ban on North Korea travel comes into force

September 1, 2017 by Delia Innoma 0 Comments

Washington’s ban on US citizens travelling to North Korea came into force on Friday, with the two countries at loggerheads over Pyongyang’s weapons ambitions.

The measure was imposed following the death of student Otto Warmbier, 22, in June, a few days after he was sent home in a mysterious coma following more than a year in prison in the North.

He had been convicted of offences against the state for trying to steal a propaganda poster from a Pyongyang hotel and sentenced to 15 years’ hard labour, with US President Donald Trump blaming Pyongyang’s “brutal regime” for his plight.

On its website the State Department says it took the decision due to “the serious and mounting risk of arrest and long-term detention of US citizens”.

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