Why Otto Warmbier Suddenly Died After His North Korea Visit (Clip)

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  • @AsianBoss
    @AsianBoss  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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  • @drewbutts7461
    @drewbutts7461 ปีที่แล้ว +650

    I remember the autopsy revealed something they didn’t understand. It was as if he lived long term in a low oxygen environment. No one understand how that’s possible and given the fact there was no signs of torture there was more questions than answers. One doctor stated “it’s as if he liven in a room with almost no air, very bizarre”
    Years later Yeonmi Park was on Rogan saying about how they torture people and she said whilst talking about what it’s like living in North Korea, one punishment for anything bad is “they will put you in a room and suck all the air out. But leave just enough air for you to stay alive”
    Which is exactly what the autopsy doctor years before said it would be the only thing they could think of, but did not consider that was literally what it was.

    • @StarLight-sl9ok
      @StarLight-sl9ok ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Yes, I remember hearing that too. Oxygen deprivation, hypoxia.

    • @sakurakou2009
      @sakurakou2009 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@StarLight-sl9ok maybe he was locked in underground prison

    • @sakurakou2009
      @sakurakou2009 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I saw experience of guy who put his hands in glass tube and suck air out of it, and the blood in his hands would get so red and it like it will explode from pressure, I wonder if this can be used as method of torture!

    • @pythagorasaurusrex9853
      @pythagorasaurusrex9853 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Your idea makes total sense. No pun intended against the ex-North Korean guy here being interviewed as he can only tell the story from his perspective. The problem with injected or inhaled chemicals is that some of them can be detected during an autopsy if one carefully looks for those substances. Chromatographs can be so sensitive that even a very low remainder of any substance can be detected. I dont think that this is what the North Koreans wanted after releasing him back to the US.
      Hypoxia sounds like a way that cannot be detected on the chemical side but leaves the victim unharmed from the outside look. Warmbier looked thin, skinny, pale, physically weak and broken but not injured when he was returned. So he for sure had less food. Hypoxia may explain his weak look due to muscle cell breakdown.
      Another IMO likely possibility is that the NK let him starve. Starving people (to death) is cruel but requires no external force or "work" on the victim. That could also explain his skinny and weak look. Maybe they just fed him enough so that he will not die in NK. But once your body passes a certain limit of starving, you will not recover even if you get enough food after rescue. If starving is the cause then the NK let him starve beyond that physical point of no return.

    • @johnadams9274
      @johnadams9274 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great point and very observant of you! I would say they did this as well as something else to him to ensure his death.

  • @asmita2318
    @asmita2318 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    1:57 "But how can you not get scared in that environment?"
    Thank you for showing empathy. It was horrible what happened.

  • @topstorekorea
    @topstorekorea ปีที่แล้ว +486

    Admired how Stephen Park does interview. Fluent in English and Korean with deep understanding of US and Korean culture and most importantly, do not incite and calm, and ask thorough questions, leading interviewees to inform the audience.

    • @naleenidas8444
      @naleenidas8444 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dei, vas simitha :)

    • @Dazarabia522
      @Dazarabia522 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yes he is very professional

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Trinity M I'm glad you told that punk off

    • @kalihj5788
      @kalihj5788 ปีที่แล้ว

      hes not have deep understang of korean culture though hes american

  • @lordsiomai
    @lordsiomai ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Man just casually exposed how NK has advanced bioweapons. Truly terrifying.

    • @jmatt98
      @jmatt98 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Intelligence agencies know already.

    • @fast-tracktravels1916
      @fast-tracktravels1916 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jmatt98 not only intelligence agencies knows. Quite of few number of people do as well.

    • @falconheavy595
      @falconheavy595 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Like America does not have them ?

  • @AmbiCahira
    @AmbiCahira ปีที่แล้ว +703

    I can only imagine. If they are convinced they are releasing a spy alive but don't want to release secrets and also don't want a full on war.... some method of slow silencing would make logical sense as a tactic despite being incredibly unethical and messed up. Having him pass away on home soil is the least dramatic outcome politically but my heart breaks for him and his friends and family. 💔 The whole thing is just awful in every way.

    • @kusaiashionamete220
      @kusaiashionamete220 ปีที่แล้ว

      Time to rain fire 🔥🔥🔥 on that entire illegitimate country and liberate the people

    • @mysterioanonymous3206
      @mysterioanonymous3206 ปีที่แล้ว

      awful, sure... but then, you have to be completely dimwitted to think you can just roll up in North Korea of all places and get yourself a little souvenir or whatever retarded thing it is that he did. Man, with a brain like that he would've found his demise some other way. It's almost like he had it coming.

    • @RandomShowerThoughts
      @RandomShowerThoughts ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly

    • @chickenceiling
      @chickenceiling ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I doubt they actually believed he was a spy tho

    • @K3nM3g
      @K3nM3g ปีที่แล้ว

      Is it that easy to escape from North Korea? So many "defectors" now and girls are all young and pretty, guys are all top secret spies...I dunno but

  • @nana-iv3si
    @nana-iv3si ปีที่แล้ว +65

    This guy is amazing, he is so compassionate and so well spoken, i am grateful we get to hear about north korea from north Koreans, and thank you asian boss for your content

    • @DinoMan_6
      @DinoMan_6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plot twist: Guy he is interviewing is Chinese who speaks good Korean. Heheehhoohoo.

    • @ghjkh482
      @ghjkh482 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DinoMan_6 무슨 개소리 ㅋ

    • @Lucky-ei6yh
      @Lucky-ei6yh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@DinoMan_6wow, that was so funny that I forgot to laugh 👏👏👏👏
      Try again......or better yet, don't

  • @tigerlancer
    @tigerlancer ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This guy actually makes sense. Otto can't be a witness.

  • @annaairahala9462
    @annaairahala9462 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    2:36 This is a great description of coercion. Many studies in recent years have shown how easy it is to coerce anyone into admitting to doing something they didn't do; it's one of the many reasons why confession alone is not considered sufficient in many country's courts. It's sounds crazy since it sounds like something you could confidently say you'd never do, but you're likely not any special in this regard. Unfortunately, such practices are still seen to an extent in some form in pretty much every country around the world still, but I do think there has been progress in this area

    • @denverrsouthers5531
      @denverrsouthers5531 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He must've thought that he could end his suffering from torture by confessing knowing that in a normal country his confession wouldn't be solid proof, but in north korea it was proof and they were willing to kill him to keep that proof from being contradicted, so his confession is what killed him

    • @s.v.discussion8665
      @s.v.discussion8665 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In the US confession is sufficient for capital punishment.

  • @batgirlp5561
    @batgirlp5561 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This man is really brave to discuss this.

  • @rameshreddy9483
    @rameshreddy9483 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    I spent 6 months interviewing the men who rescued Otto Warmbier, with the exception of Joe Yun, who wouldn't talk to me. The bottom line is that no one will ever know. Full stop. The likely scenario was that he was administered a CNS depressant, then had a cardiac arrest from respiratory depression and was resuscitated but had anoxic brain injury. The North Koreans gave some possibility of botulism but that was unlikely. They submitted that he had received some analogue to Benadryl(antihistamine) and oral calamine. Oral Calamine doesn't exist in North America and the antihistamine was some North Korean Variant. Of Course anaphylaxis is also possible, but we won't know that. The pan scans revealed in America revealed nothing. MRI and nerve conduction tests did not corroborate anything. The coroner could come to no definite conclusion, but a true autopsy wasn't conducted. Many of the findings of torture may not be found over a year out but This scenario is somewhat consistent with what this North Korean Defector says( but he wasn't directly involved).

    • @StevenRayW
      @StevenRayW ปีที่แล้ว +62

      If the North Koreans have been as dedicated to chemical warfare R&D as this man says, I'm sure they've figured out ways to turn a man into a vegetable without leaving a trace.

    • @pixelatedgal7448
      @pixelatedgal7448 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      And who are you ? What’s your name and do you have any published work ?

    • @jingkun72
      @jingkun72 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The only truth is that he doesn't know.

    • @MH-kj6kn
      @MH-kj6kn ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You make more sense than this North Korean man, the whole interview he was like, giving his personal thoughts, opinions, etc, conclusion: He doesn’t know anything what happened to the American, “ he said the young man was a chicken, of course he said that, he saw him cry on tv,” that is the closed he gets from saying something that is a fact. He doesn’t know anything, why did they interviewed him?!! For something so serious like a dead of a young person, Assia TV interview anyone that found on the street and said “I’m from North K. I was there when the torture Otto Warmbier”. What a shame, but what about the interviewer Mr. Park why did he continue with this interview, he should know better.

    • @puuxexil
      @puuxexil ปีที่แล้ว

      Succinyl Choline maybe? A lethal dose in a somehow time released method.

  • @J0MBi
    @J0MBi ปีที่แล้ว +137

    At one point I wanted to visit that place to see it for myself, I'm glad someone talked me out of that idea. I was about the same age as Otto.

    • @generalmartok3990
      @generalmartok3990 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I have traveled a lot, and there are many places I still want to go, but North Korea is not on my list. It's one of those places where your money will directly support the regime.

    • @user-cb3oj9pu5o
      @user-cb3oj9pu5o ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oooh no glad you didnt do that.

    • @J0MBi
      @J0MBi ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@generalmartok3990 that was what ultimately put me off. There was regular tourism trips going there at the time. But in the space of time of me considering it an NK solider shot a tourist dead and that put a definitive stop to the whole thing 😬

    • @pepelepew1227
      @pepelepew1227 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      if tourists behave and follow the itinerary, nothing will come of it like the other 10 americans in his group. it might be harmless fun to disrespect another culture but a slap on the wrist encourages many others to do the same. thais and indonesians have fought back against these unruly western behavior in recent years.

    • @sunlightdavid
      @sunlightdavid ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@pepelepew1227 it's not about what would happen to you but where your money goes. The beautiful tragedy you see on tour is kept alive with the help of your money. The lives of the people suffering there don't get better because you popped by to 'enrich' yourself. It's like visiting a zoo.

  • @bipsomma2483
    @bipsomma2483 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Very well constructed interview. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the matter. Otto and his family are forever in our hearts. I'm so sorry they lost their son

    • @mus139
      @mus139 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stealing posters did not help?

  • @Riri-yi1lw
    @Riri-yi1lw ปีที่แล้ว +21

    7:16 that's actually very concerning

  • @tedd7582
    @tedd7582 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Sad what happened to Otto. Why would someone even think going to N Korea. I would not step a foot there. Not for any reason

  • @lindaj171
    @lindaj171 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    Why anyone would voluntarily visit an evil, souless empire like North Korea is beyond me. R.I.P. Otto. Congrats to the interviewer for escaping.

    • @mkvang0418
      @mkvang0418 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nah.. u can visit. Just don't steal. He knew it was wrong.

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@mkvang0418 But one laugh or fart and you are doomed. 🥹

    • @joshlewis575
      @joshlewis575 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Makes ya wonder just what the kid was doing there. I'm sure I could go ask a million people if they want to go on vacation to a foreign country. Not 1 out of that million is gonna be like north Korea here I come.

    • @olivka7560
      @olivka7560 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@joshlewis575 he was curious . I am not sure if you are fascinated by the country but I am very much. Many people are. It is a bit like a movie. A lot of people there think Germany is still divided in east and west and there is a Soviet Union. People are kept in a bubble. Makes you wonder is it good or bad think? We see it as some cruel dictatorship but many people who fled want to go back and many commit suicide. The thing is South Korea is this capitalistic democratic state, so you might think life is better. Well they don’t starve , NK starves not because of Kim, but because of our sanctions. South Korea being this liberated twin- has highest rate of suicide in the world. Many people die single, rate of depression is extremely high and many people emigrate even though standard of life is so high. In NK life is different, you don’t have a religion, but Kim and the family is like Gods and it makes me wonder- what is bad in it? We also believe in god but we never see him. I was reading the bible the other day and realised this god is cruel, narcissistic, asks for sacrifice, doesn’t want to share the live and favours those who follow him and all those rules, if you don’t follow them he will crash you and your family. But we cherish him because he we believe if we follow the rules we will go to heaven and there is wisdom in those stories. Well NKoreans have same but they do see his God, it is a father figure for them and not much different from our Old Testament God, right? They get to hear him and he takes care of them. There are no addictions there from drugs or alcohol , no suicides, divorcees are less than 1% , 96% of people above 30 are married. In South Korea every 2 out of 5 will live alone by 2050. They have in NK some sort of naivety and innocence that is very intriguing. They are taught from childhood that their life will be about contributing to wider good, other people and loving children. They dance with kids after school and sing songs. They have few state channels and noone is on their phone no one is showing off , their life is about work and being present for their spouses kids and family. So yes it is interesting. Honestly, I think they should protect this country at all cost.

    • @kaimanyu586
      @kaimanyu586 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @trinh, seems like Rodman had a great time in North Korea, he speaks very highly of Kim too.

  • @elijahbey3366
    @elijahbey3366 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    NOTE TO SELF: Vacationing in North Korea is a very bad idea.

    • @dragondude9637
      @dragondude9637 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's like going to Mordor or Azkaban for a holiday.

    • @tuingphat9583
      @tuingphat9583 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly

    • @emilyc1988
      @emilyc1988 ปีที่แล้ว

      you might end up like the american guy. dead.

    • @arvid_klintvik
      @arvid_klintvik 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not if you stay sober and follow the rules outlined by the travel agency and the local guides

  • @rohid24eva
    @rohid24eva ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This is a very sensitive topic and it's definitely gonna bring the attention of everyone around the world. Kudos for the bravery to the both of you and stay safe, stay very wary at all times🙏🙇‍♀️🙇‍♂️🌞

    • @kidrobot.
      @kidrobot. ปีที่แล้ว

      lolno

    • @leonsong3284
      @leonsong3284 ปีที่แล้ว

      RIP to the young American adventurer

  • @fuentesdaniel77
    @fuentesdaniel77 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Asian Boss is the boss again! Excellent and very important subject, questions, and interviewee. Very brave Boss - keep it up

  • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
    @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj ปีที่แล้ว +365

    Thanks for the second half of the interview and what he says really reminds me of the stories of what my late father told me about what the communists in Vietnam did to torture and force people to confess to things they did not do and so much more. One of the things they did was starve people which was cruel but common. Injecting poison was not surprising either and that was what my family suspected as well. I feel so bad for him and his family and hope that Otto is in a happier and better place wherever he is at now. So tragic…. Hopefully no one will ever risk their life in North Korea again. I feel so bad for the citizens of North Korea. Hopefully there is a day they can live a happy, free and prosperous life.

    • @Manuqtix.Manuqtix
      @Manuqtix.Manuqtix ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Vietnam?
      I thought pol pot did those things

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Manuqtix.Manuqtix Vietnam did similar things according to my dad. He told me quite a few stories about what he saw and experienced.

    • @divx1001
      @divx1001 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj interesting, I'm from an ex soviet country and the communists in our country did similar stuff. Vile people.

    • @Manuqtix.Manuqtix
      @Manuqtix.Manuqtix ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj was that during the war or post war?

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Manuqtix.Manuqtix My dad said it can happen at anytime as communists can punish you whenever they want to for no good reasons just like what North Korea did to Otto. I remember he said once my family was just having dinner and they knocked on our door. They took 2 of my relatives away and accused them of something they did not do. We then never heard from them again… My family never knew what happened to my 2 relatives.

  • @larryfranco5506
    @larryfranco5506 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very Sad, Thank You for your program.

  • @saltymonke3682
    @saltymonke3682 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    A small dose slow release of certain mercury compounds could get you into vegetative state in a week and then sudden death after that without any trace or symptoms right after the injection.
    There's an accident occurred with a Chemical professor from a well known Uni in US, she died from a low dose mercury poisoning. she thought the mercury compound molecules couldn't penetrate her gloves, she's wrong. She's in a vegetative state less than a week after the bioaccumulation phase, without any major symptoms in the day of her collapse into coma.

    • @saltymonke3682
      @saltymonke3682 ปีที่แล้ว

      @GoldenSandwich that's pure mercury and some mercury compounds, in a slow release form, it won't reach your kidney until it's too late, won't be in your blood if it's tested a few days after inserted

    • @saltymonke3682
      @saltymonke3682 ปีที่แล้ว

      @GoldenSandwich and if you're wondering, it's dimethyl mercury in a slow release capsule that I'm talking about. A pipette drop in a slow release enclosed capsule inserted to your guts is capable to do that with delayed poisoning feature. you won't detect it right away until the capsule is thin enough so the dimethyl mercury can permeate slowly, and when DMM changes to methyl mercury, it will be too late. Because methylmercury will affect your brain right away after it crosses the brain barrier.

    • @TheMrleeyang
      @TheMrleeyang ปีที่แล้ว

      If they never found mercury on him but could find on the prof, then its not mercury. Is that so hard to comprehend? Only other reason is that they did and US covered it up.

    • @ETin6666
      @ETin6666 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      His state kinda sounds like organic mercury poisoning. But they would have known and would have tested for it.

    • @mekkimaru2365
      @mekkimaru2365 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She collapsed into a comma, wouldn't an exclamation have been better? Or even a full stop?

  • @jamierudberg4843
    @jamierudberg4843 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing interview 🙌

  • @OfftheRecord2021
    @OfftheRecord2021 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The mysterious circumstances surrounding Otto Warmbier's death after his North Korea visit raises important questions about human rights abuses and the accountability of authoritarian regimes. Amazing story like this should be featured on OTR in the Philippines! :)

  • @anthonyju6392
    @anthonyju6392 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    I was listening to Jocko on Navy Seal Weir training. He said everyone EVERYONE has a breaking point. No one is immune to torture. The most important thing is not to give up intel that would compromise other people. You can give up intel which is ultimately useless or non-productive to stall. You can also come up with believable lies which can also serve to stall for time.
    The only difference between Otto and a trained Navy Seal is the time to be broken.

    • @JRichard86
      @JRichard86 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Trust me you will eventually tell them everything you know. There is no stalling or fake information technique that will last for a prolonged period of time. This is told to soldiers as propaganda. EVERYONE breaks under torture and no mitigation technique works in the end. Intelligence agencies know this.

    • @sid35gb
      @sid35gb ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can give up all the intel you want that’s available online.

    • @nonegone7170
      @nonegone7170 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@JRichard86 There have been examples of people who didn't break under such extreme duress.
      Those people often wound up getting executed.

    • @JRichard86
      @JRichard86 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nonegone7170 I have a very hard time believing that. There is always another layer of torture that can go on and on. Not that I would personally be inclined to do so, but I think I could break any person given enough time. That would include the good cop, bad cop approach after a certain amount of torture.

    • @nonegone7170
      @nonegone7170 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@JRichard86 Belief doesn't matter, there are documented cases of such occurrences during for example WW2.
      They are the exception to the rule of course.

  • @johnpatrickgarcia7432
    @johnpatrickgarcia7432 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank You Asian boss for this info

  • @danielduesentriebjunior
    @danielduesentriebjunior ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Let's hope that the people who did this will receive their well deserved penalty one day.

  • @FoodTravelViews
    @FoodTravelViews ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks!

  • @betterd9160
    @betterd9160 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great interview

  • @laycamwd238
    @laycamwd238 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good interview.

  • @stevehawkins8940
    @stevehawkins8940 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. Very interesting.

  • @718Insomniac
    @718Insomniac ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Riveting stuff. Good interview

  • @cptairwolf
    @cptairwolf ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This guy is putting a giant target on his back by agreeing to speak against the North Korean regime. Takes balls to have that level of courage as NK has already shown that it has agents everywhere.

  • @opportunityknox8575
    @opportunityknox8575 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you for sharing, however this is frightening to think a country could be so vicious against human beings. I feel for the American family who lost their son. 😔

    • @Stevo935
      @Stevo935 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cool.
      Now look up how many foreign families lost a son at the hands of the good ol' US of A. 😆

    • @carmenl163
      @carmenl163 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Have you heard about the 200+ persons that received the death penalty yet were innocent in the US? How vicious a country can be against its own citizens.

    • @s.v.discussion8665
      @s.v.discussion8665 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is the same in the US.

  • @a6784.
    @a6784. ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m not Asian but I love your videos! Keep them coming

    • @mikicerise6250
      @mikicerise6250 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're not? Then what are you doing with your life!?

  • @flszen
    @flszen ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Perhaps withdrawal from a substance could be the mechanism as well. Maybe harder to trace the absence of something. But, I’m not a toxicologist.

  • @Manuqtix.Manuqtix
    @Manuqtix.Manuqtix ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Probably they were going to use Otto as some sort of ransom but they then decided that wasn’t going to work. So he was labelled a spy!

    • @athomenotavailable
      @athomenotavailable ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The whole video has parts where the NK guy explains that before every major diplomatic meeting, NK will capture and coerce foreigners to confess to spying, then use their release as a bargaining chip during the meeting. In this case, it was the meeting between Trump and Kim in Singapore.

  • @ShredCo
    @ShredCo ปีที่แล้ว

    Well said.

  • @kat8838
    @kat8838 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It hurts to have your head repeatedly bashed especially in the same spot over and over. Not the job of any government to bash in heads.

  • @sylvainleseur1072
    @sylvainleseur1072 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @corner559
    @corner559 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    This needs to be retitled "POSSIBLE REASON Otto Warmbier....." While this was a great interview, good journalism doesn't speak in absolutes when the person you're interviewing wasn't actually there and is only 70-80% certain. You guys can do better.

    • @yuciehayashi266
      @yuciehayashi266 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Totally agree but sadly this is TH-cam and they need to attract people to watch or they let volunteers do the title that don't have much knowledge about this.

    • @averysim7709
      @averysim7709 ปีที่แล้ว

      The defector is lying there is no poison whose aftermath can't be detected by modern autopsy, but there could be a chance of injecting air into his vessel ( normal air will do) it does put you into stroke which can leads to a coma and organ failure. Pretty hard to detect after 24 hours too.
      Source me. Not doctor but I have learnt about it during my biology class a long time ago.

    • @Rooted_Locs
      @Rooted_Locs ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also seeing how they broke this clip into a few enticing headline clips with catchy titles. It’s giving exploitation for views. Also don’t understand why this guy is risking his like with all this info

    • @kacmed
      @kacmed ปีที่แล้ว

      whoever has IQ +50 knows he was drugged ... possible? he was marked as SPY ... so you are going to tell me they will release a SPY with all infos? this is north korea wake up ... i was surprised he wasnt delivered without head

    • @kacmed
      @kacmed ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Rooted_Locs you need to read a little bit more about him or north korea ... one north korea defector girl - she said she went to hospital and next to a hospital was field full of corpses who didnt made it in that hospital, as you see every day corpses from people died on starvation etc etc ... this guy he even said if they kill him he is ok with that, at least he spread the news about how bad n korea is ... right now everybody EVERYBODY underestimating n korea - soon their nukes will be able to reach cities in US, not to mention their biochemical weapons ... n korea is poor? dream on - they making billions from making weapons and selling them ... they just dont give food to people so they are starved, starved means they have other problems then politics for example like "find food" yes you read it well, its a state where they starve their own citizens so they are too weak to protest ... many things happening there normal people cant even imagine

  • @denverrsouthers5531
    @denverrsouthers5531 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The sad part is he confessed thinking it would save his life, but his confession is what killed him

    • @andibachtiar8788
      @andibachtiar8788 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it's just a matter of time.. he's dead soon or later

  • @jaydibernardo4320
    @jaydibernardo4320 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    File this under Dead Men Tell No Tales.

  • @spencertwoeightyz3383
    @spencertwoeightyz3383 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Warmbier booked his trip through an agency that “specializes in destinations your mother wouldn’t approve of”. Their motto was something to that effect.
    Any innocent person tortured or killed is sad but he really made his own bed when he went to n Korea then disrespected their government. Something millions of locals are smart enough not to do.

  • @sarahcasias823
    @sarahcasias823 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man’s bold for this interview. I don’t know that I’d have the guts to talk about this on record if I knew what he knows. Biological warfare is horrifying.

  • @tevanui9663
    @tevanui9663 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The headline is very misleading, it might be true, but even the person being interviewed cannot say 100% true.

    • @bojongkia123
      @bojongkia123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      60%-70% is already strong enough.

    • @kellyn5898
      @kellyn5898 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think 70%-80% is far from enough because we are talking abt NK, and we all know how crazy the country is

    • @emperortime2356
      @emperortime2356 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@bojongkia123from his perspective. He might be completely wrong.

  • @mk4883
    @mk4883 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Title is all wrong "Suddenly Died"? No, he was in North Korean prison for like a year, and he didn't die until he went back to the USA and they took him off life support.

    • @WaldoBagelTopper
      @WaldoBagelTopper 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      right... so he was alive all that time, and SUDDENLY he died... so we're back at square one.

  • @Teddygl0ck
    @Teddygl0ck ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This interview was fantastic and brings to light the darkness of how far North Korea is going with biological warfare. Very informative, Asian Boss!

  • @susannadvortsin
    @susannadvortsin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bottom line--don't go to North Korea on vacation if you're American.

  • @nakamurajinusuke
    @nakamurajinusuke ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Otto Warmbier was never autopsied and the interviewer says that he was autopsied.

  • @zainmudassir2964
    @zainmudassir2964 ปีที่แล้ว

    Quality report Asia Boss. Just a viewer from Pakistan

    • @nagarat7308
      @nagarat7308 ปีที่แล้ว

      R u from Karachi ?

  • @TheTinKunt
    @TheTinKunt ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow that is wild!

  • @tincoronelarnaprints
    @tincoronelarnaprints ปีที่แล้ว +20

    thiis has loads of bravery to talk about what he knew about otto

  • @philipbuckley759
    @philipbuckley759 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What caused the death of Otto Warmbier?
    And a declaration filed by Daniel Kanter, the neurologist who was the lead physician for Otto Warmbier upon his return at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, said Otto died of severe brain damage resulting from being deprived of oxygen, which was caused by “the sustained cessation of blood flow to the brain” ...Oct 27, 2018

    • @lorih2249
      @lorih2249 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I heard this as well.

  • @heythave
    @heythave ปีที่แล้ว +9

    They could have also used some kind of sound wave like what’s been done to some people working in American embassies in Cuba and China.

  • @jh-nl8yf
    @jh-nl8yf ปีที่แล้ว +3

    well… its sad his picture is used like that in thumbnail. his family must not have wanted that

  • @Uglier.
    @Uglier. ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rip Otto. Gruesome demise

  • @bev8200
    @bev8200 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He took a picture off the wall

  • @Blisscent
    @Blisscent ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Please keep him safe! He’s risking so much to give this information! I’m worried for him

  • @fauxamy23
    @fauxamy23 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They knew he would die so they released him. It's like mockery !

  • @xuimod
    @xuimod ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The culture shock was so great his body couldn't handle it.

  • @artmz1987
    @artmz1987 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just don't understand why people still go to North Korea? Or even go to the North Sentinel Island? The last person who went to that island was also an American. It doesn't make sense to me.

    • @nagarat7308
      @nagarat7308 ปีที่แล้ว

      For adventure (?)

    • @georgebunny1910
      @georgebunny1910 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably to complete I visit every country on the earth challenge. For bragging rights. Completionist. Perfectionist. I'm not surprised. People are weird.

  • @Zarina1634
    @Zarina1634 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So sad.
    Scary .

  • @PyroNexus22
    @PyroNexus22 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Actually, toxins that leave no traces are a very common thing and been around for ages. They used those in the Soviet Union too.

  • @LadySymphora
    @LadySymphora ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel sorry for this young man family. Hope they know what they’ll face if one go to North Korea.

  • @user-xf7kc8cp4x
    @user-xf7kc8cp4x 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How this guy, Chul-eun Lee manage to defect from North Korea is a miracle but thankfully he made and lived to tell the tale. In regards to Otto Warmbier, I heard a different story. RIP Otto.

  • @chillier
    @chillier ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting

  • @gabriel4596
    @gabriel4596 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Going to North Korea as an American and stealing a poster of their supreme leader was frankly stupid. It's no different to walking into a bear's cave and poking him,.

  • @jwizdum2103
    @jwizdum2103 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kinda wild he just openly admitted to North Korea not only being advance in biochemical warfare, but that drugs specifically are one of the main points.

  • @R.W.S.
    @R.W.S. ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's obvious what happened to him: they tortured him so he'd confess to something he didn't do, and then did something to him so he wouldn't live to tell the tale. _What_ exactly they did to him, we'll never know for sure.

  • @jonathaningram8157
    @jonathaningram8157 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's really interesting what he said about chemical agents. Because it's true they could do all kind of experience there without repercussion.
    I always wanted to visit north korea but if a guy like him tells me not to go, I won't.

  • @WindTurbineSyndrome
    @WindTurbineSyndrome ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some say it was as simple as botulism toxin rendering Warmbier into vegetative state which the regime could cover up by saying he ate poisoned food unwittingly. Botulism does contaminate food often in damaged tins.

  • @ashleyboyd2764
    @ashleyboyd2764 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And people have the audacity to say look for the bright side in life. Don't ignore the dark because it's spitting in someone's face.
    Sometimes you have to know what you are looking for to see anything.

  • @realiti773
    @realiti773 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is scary

  • @jaredquinn1949
    @jaredquinn1949 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy seems to still admire the regime.

    • @joemendyk9994
      @joemendyk9994 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Then you shouldn't rely on your intuition......

  • @maplestory2723
    @maplestory2723 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Having followed the Archie Battersbee case closely in the UK, I'm actually more inclined to think Otto attempted suicide by asphyxiation (hanging) and was stopped by guards, but not before brain damage occurred. There's definite proof the brain damage occurred at least a year before the agreed swap with America. Pyongyang was terrified and trying to hide his condition from America. There's a great writeup on this with lots of interviews and background as to why NK takes excellent care of white hostages, and indeed the excellent medical care they took of him.

    • @generalmartok3990
      @generalmartok3990 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Interesting. But it seems like a lot could have been cleared up if the regime just explained this is what happened. Sure, most people would doubt them, but I'm sure some medical examiners would see that it makes sense.

    • @bojongkia123
      @bojongkia123 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@generalmartok3990 The ball is at NK’s feet. They should make an attempt to explain to the whole world which otherwise arouse deep suspicion against them.

    • @generalmartok3990
      @generalmartok3990 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bojongkia123 That's...what I said.

    • @skysunknownheroes
      @skysunknownheroes ปีที่แล้ว

      Except trying to asphyxiate yourself has been known to cause extensive damage to your throat and neck

    • @spooky4069
      @spooky4069 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not that people would doubt them - it's that they would be deemed incapable. I think they were afraid that individuals would question how they (under 24 hour surveillance) allowed a high security prisoners the material and time to hand themselves.

  • @toxichammertoe8696
    @toxichammertoe8696 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interviewer got his his wardrobe inspiration from John Wick

  • @witelenor575
    @witelenor575 ปีที่แล้ว

    He was electrified

  • @zigwil153
    @zigwil153 ปีที่แล้ว

    They made sure he would be essentially braindead so he couldn't recount his treatment while detained. "You want him? Ok. Give us a few days first."

  • @rafaelgutierrez6275
    @rafaelgutierrez6275 ปีที่แล้ว

    Headlines regarding "Juche necromancy" when he's seen walking down the street

  • @michellelin8044
    @michellelin8044 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very scary

  • @ru7984
    @ru7984 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    It's honestly scary to think that this is happening in north korea and that resources are put into the development of chemical engineering against humanity.

    • @genetung8590
      @genetung8590 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And you don’t think that the rest of the world, including us, has these capabilities?

    • @jefvan536
      @jefvan536 ปีที่แล้ว

      We need to look a this in different wayy friend,,if north Korea don't have bio weapon and nuclear weapon there will be no more NK

    • @analyticalmindset
      @analyticalmindset ปีที่แล้ว +12

      America does it's biolabs in other countries, not justifying it . Just saying America will never let ethics get in the way of their military superiority and intelligence gathering.

    • @bernardocallahan
      @bernardocallahan ปีที่แล้ว

      This is propaganda by U.S government. Every socialist experience has been attacked and suppressed by them.

    • @vin2164
      @vin2164 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@analyticalmindset very true. operation paper clip, we bailed out japans unit 731; the US has shown time and time that military intelligence is more important than any scruples

  • @olelarsen3357
    @olelarsen3357 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, I guess it is now Otto cold beer...

  • @youngmasterzhi
    @youngmasterzhi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If they are scare of one American student trying to topple a whole regime, that just shows how threatened they are of America’s superpower as a militaristic nation

  • @kikaykimy
    @kikaykimy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That is super scary! If NK really have that untraceable biochemical weapon. Wow, we'll really be done for. Now I understand why superpower nations are very discreet on dealing with NK.

  • @Negostrike
    @Negostrike ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like Lee is trying to comfort the Warmbeer guy in the video thumbnail

  • @rondarayl1536
    @rondarayl1536 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's a flat out lie. He was not a spy

  • @fauxamy23
    @fauxamy23 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have heard that even Saudi prisons have unconventional ways of torturing people without poisoning or physically harming people. Someone told me that prisoners are kept alone in a dark room ,with no sound for years, and that these prisoners start hearing voices and noises that cannot be heard normally and these drive them crazy.

    • @stevejohnson6593
      @stevejohnson6593 ปีที่แล้ว

      psychological torture ^^

    • @carmenl163
      @carmenl163 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Depriving people of sensory stimulation is what the US also does to thousands of prisoners while they are put in isolation cells. The United Nations considers this torture.

  • @BigDogRidgeback
    @BigDogRidgeback 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How nice he still rocks the Kim Jung who haircut.

  • @nitheeshs8911
    @nitheeshs8911 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They might have used any nerve agent

  • @jeanguimaraes5527
    @jeanguimaraes5527 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Kim makes things and never is punished.

    • @Harrysuke
      @Harrysuke ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Bush invaded a country and never punished.

    • @0xBasedChang
      @0xBasedChang ปีที่แล้ว +22

      usa never punished for various warcrimes

    • @siptang81
      @siptang81 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      unfortunately until China stops backing North Korea it is going to be an uphill battle

    • @Shaytan.666
      @Shaytan.666 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      USA, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Israel and many more countries did those things and never got punished by anyone

    • @Shaytan.666
      @Shaytan.666 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Especially USA, China and Russia

  • @tc9193
    @tc9193 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This story is incredibly sad and should have never happened. Such a young life gone unnecessarily by a crazed dictator.

    • @mkvang0418
      @mkvang0418 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yall acted like he was innocent. He knew what could happen. He took his chances and paid the ultimate price.

    • @tc9193
      @tc9193 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mkvang0418 they will make up anything - basically lie and frame them to keep an American there to use for bargaining purposes.

    • @joshlewis575
      @joshlewis575 ปีที่แล้ว

      It shouldn't have, but obviously this kid and his family weren't the brightest. Not only did he travel to North Korea but he decided to be an idiot whilst there. How dumb ya wanna be

    • @kb9826
      @kb9826 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mkvang0418 Best way not to get arrested and put in jail in NK, for being accused of being a spy, Don't Go To North Korea!

  • @Robzabest25
    @Robzabest25 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    but he had 10 days to reveal everything back in home already tho

  • @chihayaayase1299
    @chihayaayase1299 ปีที่แล้ว

    I respect you don’t monetize your videos. But as Asian Boss fan, I wish you can take more sustainable approach. Like, how about not just creating serious interview contents, but also lighter and shorter different type of contents and monetize this type of contents and get product placement/sponsors.

  • @Madronaxyz
    @Madronaxyz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It wouldn't be hard. It would be given a drug so he would not remove remember anything. And put it on monitoring equipment, both cardiac and respiratory like one does for an operation
    Then they would put an anesthesia mask on him, and dialed down the oxygen flow. They monitor his heart rate and respiration is to make sure they don't kill him but they keep his blood oxygen low for long enough enough to wreck his brain.
    It could be done in any surgical operating
    (I am a retired MD who has been a lot of operating rooms)

  • @rhoadestraveled
    @rhoadestraveled ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can’t imagine what they did to Otto or why. He was just a kid. My son is the same age. I hope those ruthless, soulless, creatures find the mental and spiritual help they desperately need. I hope no other American sets foot on that corrupt and despicable land.

    • @psylee8687
      @psylee8687 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe you should ask the US not to bother Korea?

    • @CharmSchool_Reject
      @CharmSchool_Reject 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      North Korea deserves better
      But going to countries like this as a Westerner as a choice and it's not a choice I would make
      Otto didn't deserve whatever it was that happened to him certainly not for taking a poster but that's the kind of s*** that happens to you in North Korea when you take a poster

    • @paulmueller100x
      @paulmueller100x 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@psylee8687 🤡🤡🤡

  • @RonLaws
    @RonLaws ปีที่แล้ว

    So a drug or compound that interrupts the bloods ability to absorb oxygen from the lungs with a delayed onset, or just low enough to slow down the rate of brain death. Either through disruption or displacement, something like that would be virtually untraceable at autopsy.

  • @MEGIDIOT
    @MEGIDIOT ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You’re posting this clickbait again?

  • @lingling5278
    @lingling5278 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This dude is a legit spy you can see it in his eyebrows lvl 3 disguise

    • @kai-ov6sb
      @kai-ov6sb ปีที่แล้ว

      he is literally a formal elite north korean spy, that’s the title of the previous interview they had with him

  • @Lauren-vd4qe
    @Lauren-vd4qe ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the toxicologists know what happened but they cant officially say it.