Mike Pence strikes first in Olympic chess match with North Korea

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Mike Pence strikes first in Olympic chess match with North Korea
Eric Adelson Columnist

The North Koreans are taking advantage of the Olympics, and the American vice president is not having it.

On Monday, Mike Pence made a loud and clear statement days before the beginning of the Games. He announced that Fred Warmbier will join him at the Opening Ceremony on Friday in PyeongChang, South Korea. Warmbier’s son, Otto, was detained in North Korea and returned home a year later in such terrible condition that he died two days after arriving back in the U.S. He was only 22.

The North Koreans claimed botulism, but doctors disputed that, and Otto’s memory has been a reminder of what North Korean leader Kim Jong Un represents. At the State of the Union, President Donald Trump addressed the Warmbier family and said, “You are powerful witnesses to a menace that threatens our world, and your strength inspires us all.”

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