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A Former Prisoner Of North Korea Sympathizes With Otto Warmbier

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Updated June 15, 2017

In this March 16, 2016, file photo, American student Otto Warmbier, center, is escorted at the Supreme Court in Pyongyang, North Korea. Warmbier, whose parents say has been in a coma while serving a 15-year prison term in North Korea, was released and returned to the United States Tuesday, June 13, 2017, as the Trump administration revealed a rare exchange with the reclusive country. (Jon Chol Jin/AP)

The college student Otto Warmbier was released by North Korea after spending more than a year there. He is in a coma with severe neurological damage.

Euna Lee (@lee_euna), an American journalist, spent four months in a North Korean labor camp after she was captured with fellow journalist Laura Ling in 2009. Lee speaks with Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti about her experience in North Korea.

This article was originally published on June 15, 2017.

This segment aired on June 15, 2017.