, the State Department said Tuesday, Aug. 22. The ban was imposed in 2017 and has been renewed every year since. WASHINGTON — — , the State Department said Tuesday. The ban was imposed in 2017 and has been renewed every year since.
"The Department of State has determined there continues to be serious risk to U.S. citizens and nationals of arrest and long-term detention constituting imminent danger to their physical safety," the department said inin the Federal Register on Wednesday that was signed by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
The ban was first imposed during the Trump administration by former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in 2017 after the death of American studentWarmbier was part of a group tour of North Korea and was leaving the country in January 2016 when he was arrested for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster. He was later convicted of subversion and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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