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Overtonwindow
Rather amazing the young man has been in a coma for a year. What were the North Koreans waiting for? Just a sad case
hyperbovine
They were waiting to extract some sort of concession, I imagine. Hostages are bargaining chips to them.
rangibaby
That's what they are saying. Don't be surprised if he is fine in a few days. Pinochet was too sick to stand trial when he was arrested in London in 2000; he miraculously recovered upon his return to safe Chilean soil.
jakeogh
I'll be very surprised if it's propaganda that he's in a coma... it's difficult to keep a lid on a op like that. NK could just release a vid of him (not in a coma) leaving their custody.
rangibaby
I didn't mean propaganda, there are more cases of people being very ill until they get home. I think it allows both parties to save face or can be a cover for something else ($$$)
cmurf
The North Korean regime is vile. This is in effect an assassination, and the only way to avoid it is to not go there.