North Korea releases US student held captive since 2016

North Korea has released Otto Warmbier, a US university student who has been held captive there since January 2016, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement on Tuesday.

Warmbier, a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, was on his way back to the United States after being released while serving a 15-year prison sentence with hard labour for alleged anti-state acts, Tillerson said.

(Reuters)