SEOUL: The tour agency that took US student Otto Warmbier to Pyongyang said Tuesday it would stop taking Americans to the reclusive state after the 22-year-old died following 18 months in North Korean detention.

Warmbier was medically evacuated to the United States last week, suffering from severe brain damage. He died six days later in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, with US President Donald Trump blaming Pyongyang's "brutal regime" for his plight.

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