It's the late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday celebrations ... Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student, stole a propaganda banner from a hotel during a visit to Pyongyang in January 2016 ...

State-run newspapers published articles venerating Kim Jong Il and calling for greater unity behind Kim Jong Un, while state TV aired propaganda songs and documentary films on the late leader.

SEOUL--South Korea’s media regulator said on Monday it was banning access to a North Korean propaganda music video that it said idolized and glorified leader Kim Jong Un as a “friendly father ...