A North Korean doctor and his wife have been freed after a 16-month detention by ISIS in Libya, The Libya Observer, a local news service, reported on Thursday.
The two were identified as 58-year-old Ri Yong, a doctor, and his 56-year-old wife So Young Ju.
A North Korean doctor and his wife have been freed after a 16-month detention by ISIS in Libya, The Libya Observer, a local news service, reported on Thursday.
The two were identified as 58-year-old Ri Yong, a doctor, and his 56-year-old wife So Young Ju.
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