The father of Otto Warmbier, the US student who died after being held in North Korea, said on Tuesday he favoured US talks with Pyongyang, a move he hoped would bring “the world’s most barbaric dictatorship...Out of its hole”.
Otto Warmbier was arrested in North Korea for a petty offence and held for more than a year before he was released in a comatose state in 2017.
Warmbier, aged 22, died shortly after he was flown home unconscious. Although North Korea claimed he had contracted botulism in detention, the US has since alleged that he was tortured in custody.
US President Donald Trump is planning to hold a summit with Kim Jong-Un, scheduled for June 12.