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North Korea frees South Korean worker

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North Korea has freed a South Korean worker detained for allegedly insulting the North’s communist leadership. The engineer, Yoo Seong-jin, was handed over to officials of his company, Hyundai Asan, and has since crossed back into South Korea. Yoo was arrested in March at a joint industrial zone near the border. His release follows a visit to the North this week by the high-profile head of Hyundai Group, Hyun Jeong-eun, in an attempt to resolve the case. >>> More coverage from the BBC. Jason Strother reports. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)