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Breaking news: kidnapped South Korean trade chief freed

bythomwestcott
January 22, 2014
Reading Time: 1 min read
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By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.

Tripoli, 22 January 2014:

The local boss of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), who was kidnapped . . .[restrict]in Tripoli on Monday, has been freed this evening.

Han Seok-woo was freed today, Deputy Minister of Defence Khaled Elshrif said, and his abductors arrested. Speaking on national TV, he said that the group holding Seok-woo had not made any ransom demands.

Elshrif said he was unable to give any further details in case this damaged investigations.

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