Tour company that took Otto Warmbier to North Korea calls it ‘probably one of the safest places on Earth to visit’

FILE PHOTO - Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia student who has been detained in North Korea since early January, attends a news conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo February 29, 2016.  Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo

The tour group that brought a 22 year-old American student to North Korea where he was later detained and sent home over a year later in a coma advertises the country as “probably one of the safest countries on Earth to visit.”

The group, Young Pioneer Tours, does not mention the State Department’s strong warnings about the risk of detention or “unduly harsh sentences for actions that would not be considered crimes in the United States.”

Instead, the Young Pioneer Tours’ North Korea FAQ section begins with this:

How safe is it?

Extremely safe! Despite what you may hear, North read more >>>

Source : BusinessInsider.Com

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