[kiltie65]

That American college student doing 15 years hard labor for swiping a NK flag/poster, which he admitted he did, and was wrong, but just wanted a souvenir, to be punished so severely. His parents must be so distraught, and now with events in North Korea getting his release must seem near impossible. I’ve been worried about him, too.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

That American college student doing 15 years hard labor

gave the Norks a pretext to take a hostage. Any American who voluntarily sojourns in North Korea does so at his own risk. He voluntarily removed himself from the aegis of American diplomacy. Ditto for Iran, and at least half a dozen other hellholes.