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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The North Koreans claim he stole a propaganda poster. Do we really believe everything they say?  His "admission" was clearly obtained under duress.  He is apparently a very nice kid.[/quote]

I agree, and he appeared to be under the influence of something as they marched him down the hallways. I think the US should forbid anyone from going to North Korea.[/quote]
The US strongly advises against travel to North Korea. If the naive and foolish still insist on going there they better behave. [b]A US citizen stepping even slightly out of line is a propaganda gift to these countries.[/b][/quote]

The problem is that a US citizen doesn’t have to step out of line. 
If they want to, they will arrest you and charge you with a crime, whether you did it or not. 
You are simply never safe in some of these countries.  Ever.  [/quote]

And the United States government has made that abundantly clear, time after time.  They've said over and over that people should not go to North Korea, that it is not safe to travel to, yet people still go.

With the war exercises with South Korea going on and all of the posturing and threats associated with it from North Korea, I don't see how we can prioritize issues like this right now.  I feel awful for this young man and his family but I don't think there is much chance that anything can be done for him currently.  Maybe once the joint military exercises have finished and tensions have cooled but it's going to be a while.  [/quote]

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