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U.S. to ban citizens' travel to N. Korea: State Department

All News 00:44 July 22, 2017

WASHINGTON, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The United States will ban its citizens from traveling to North Korea amid concerns about their safety in the communist nation, the State Department said Friday.

The announcement comes after the death of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier. who died last month after returning from the North in a coma.

Travel agencies handling tours to the reclusive state said earlier Friday they had been informed of the upcoming ban.

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