US Extends Ban on American Passports for Travel to North Korea

US Extends Ban on American Passports for Travel to North Korea
A woman holds American and North Korean flags as she walks along Sword Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 27, 2019. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo
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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has extended for one year a Trump-era ban on the use of U.S. passports for travel to North Korea.

The ban had first been imposed by former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in 2017 after the death of American student Otto Warmbier, who suffered grievous injuries while in North Korean custody. It has been extended annually ever since.