SYDNEY: Australian national Alek Sigley, who went missing in North Korea last week, has been freed, said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, NK News reported.
Sigley has been released following a meeting between officials from the Swedish embassy in Pyongyang and the North Korean government.
Australia does not have its own embassy in the North Korean capital.
Sigley, 29, was pursuing a master’s degree and running a tourism business in Pyongyang.
The cause behind the detainee, a fluent Korean speaker, is yet to be known.
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