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U.S. student sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea

An American college student faces 15 years of hard labor in a North Korean prison. The University of Virginia undergrad was sentenced overnight for allegedly trying to steal a propaganda banner. He was taken into custody in January while visiting Pyongyang. Seth Doane reports.
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