That Which is Forbidden

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I recently viewed a comprehensive film on what happened to Otto Warmbier.

Here is a link:

To refresh your memory, in 2016, 21-year-old college (U. of VA) student Otto Warmbier, of Cincinnati, OH, took a trip to North Korea.

He booked the trip via Young Pioneers Tours, a travel agency based in Xian, China, whose slogan was: “We take you to destinations your mother would rather you stay away from.”

Little did anyone know how true that would turn out to be.

In Pyongyang, along with others, he stayed in the only hotel allocated for foreigners. Up until the time of his arrest, on January 2, videos confirm he seemed to be having a good time — laughing, vibrant, healthy.

The hotel he stayed in had a forbidden 5th floor. There was no number 5 on the elevator placard, although it did stop on floor 5.

That floor is for the hotel staff. It is also the headquarters of the hotel’s closed-circuit TV.