"The fact that Warmbier died suddenly in less than a week just after his return to the U.S. in his normal state of health indicators is a mystery to us as well", the spokesman said. However, North Korea is now saying that they are the real victim in all this.

But it emerged he was in a coma after North Korean officials claimed he had caught botulism, and died on Monday.

"I asked on behalf of Dennis for [Warmbier's] release three times", Chris Volo told ABC as Rodman stood beside him.

Warmbier was sent back to the U.S.in a state of unresponsive wakefulness, according to doctors at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Warmbier had been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for removing a propaganda banner from a hotel while on a church trip.

"To make it clear, we are the biggest victim of this incident and there would be no more foolish judgment than to think we do not know how to calculate gains and losses", he said. "We condemn any and all messages the endorse hatred and convey insensitivity toward a tragic event such as the one that Otto Warmbier and his family suffered", the school said. And I said to them, 'we would need his, you know, a release, some type of good faith, if we're ever going to do some type of future sports relations ... On Friday morning, "Good Morning America" released an interview with Rodman-the first interview since he landed in the United States.

Both the State Department and Warmbier's father, Fred, deny Rodman played a role in the release.

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"I was just so happy to see the kid released", he said. We jumped up and down ...

Although Rodman appeared to believe he played some role in securing Warmbier's release, he maintained his visits to North Korea were not an attempt to carry out a political agenda or negotiate for detainees' release. "Some good things came out of this trip".

University of DE professor says Otto Warmbier "got what he deservered". "They said they understood".

The University of DE is cutting ties with a part-time professor who provoked a controversial firestorm for saying North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier "deserved" to die.

China, North Korea's main trading partner, has been accused of not fully enforcing existing United Nations sanctions on its neighbor, and has resisted some tougher measures. "And no excuse for the way they've treated so many others", he said.