In this Feb. 29, 2016, file photo, American student Otto Warmbier speaks as he is presented to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea's foreign minister defended the jailing of the American university student for alleged anti-state activities but told The AP on Saturday, April 23, 2016, he would inform authorities in Pyongyang there is great concern over the student's fate and noted that other detainees have been released before serving their full sentences. North Korea's highest court sentenced Warmbier to prison after he confessed he tried to steal a propaganda banner as a trophy for an acquaintance who wanted to hang it in her church.
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