No matter where you travel, you should be aware of the laws and cultural norms in order to avoid unwittingly getting yourself into trouble. In some countries, like communist North Korea, doing your homework can be matter of life and death, particularly when you think of the hijinks some tourists get up to.
To wit, in March, University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, 21, was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for attempting to steal a propaganda banner from the wall of his hotel. This week, he was released back into American custody---but he’s reportedly comatose.
