The Last P.O.W. Quotes

“In a gesture of astonishing chutzpah, the North Koreans were submitting a bill of $3,241 for his enforced stay at the Yanggakdo Hotel. They’d even broken the room rate down, with six days at the “tourist season” rate of $75/day, and 36 days at the “ordinary season” rate of $60/day. Plus $591 for meals, $14 for dessert, and $23 for the phone call to Lee. And, as a final insult, there was a $3 fee for “a lost plate.” Merrill asked the State Department whether paying might help the other Americans detained in North Korea, and was told no. The bill remains unpaid.”
― Mike Chinoy, The Last P.O.W.