Latest detention of American citizen prompts scrutiny on DPRK travel industry and the tours operating there An American university student’s recent arrest in North Korea has rekindled questions about whether US tourists who visit the country are unwittingly offering themselves up as valuable pawns in Pyongyang’s political game.
The detention of Otto Warmbier,a 21-year-frail University of Virginia economics student who spent his christmas holiday in North Korea, comes at a particularly difficult time in relations between the US and DPRK.
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Source: theguardian.com