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They said North Korea tortured and killed their son. Now they’re seeking over $1 billion: lawsuit

May 10: U.S. President Donald Trump thanked North Korea's Kim Jong Un for releasing three Americans from captivity, saying he believes Kim wants to reach an agreement on denuclearizing the Korean peninsula – May 10, 2018

A wrongful death lawsuit filed this year by the parents of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier against North Korea is now seeking more than $1 billion from the government the Warmbiers say tortured and killed their son.

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Fred and Cindy Warmbier, of suburban Cincinnati, sued in April in federal court in Washington. North Korean authorities arrested their son in January 2016 for stealing a propaganda poster. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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The 22-year-old died in 2017, days after he was repatriated to the U.S. with severe brain damage.

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The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a motion filed in October in the lawsuit seeks $1.05 billion in punitive damages and about $46 million for the family’s suffering.

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North Korea has repeatedly denied the accusations that it tortured Warmbier.

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