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I live in the US and I'd like to travel to NK sometime. I know the US has a ban on letting people travel there but there will prob be a way around it later.
Been years since I looked into this, but as far as I remember basically he was a dumbshit American who went to the DPRK to do "missionary" work (which, if you know much about Korean history or colonialism in general is pretty sus). He gets arrested for stealing. It then seems likely that he tried to kill himself, this being why he was all fucked up and eventually died. There was no evidence he was ever tortured or mistreated by the DPRK.
I don't question the autopsy refusal tbh. The parents lied about his condition , something even western news reports but whatever the case we know they were lying regardless. It could've been done for religious reasons or whatever.
Looked into it more, apparently his parents decided to pull the plug almost immediately after he arrived "He died six days later in the United States, after his parents decided to end the life support that was sustaining his vegetative state.” ( NYT )
Others are correctly pointing out he entered an area he was not allowed in. Sorry I don't have a source, but IIRC it was actually a part of the hotel that was utilized by the military and he was told at least once not to go there. Guess what happens to you if you illegally intrude on a US military installation?
What's the justification of him trying to do missionary work in NK?
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I'm not sure "justification" really makes any sense here. There was no evidence of torture or abuse and this was confirmed by doctors in the US. No one knows what really killed him, but one theory is that he suffered brain damage after a failed suicide attempt.
