Alive

Kim Hee-dong, a 29-year-old employee of Daewoo Engineering and Construction who was kidnapped along with his colleagues by a Nigerian armed group, shared joy with his parents when he arrived at Incheon International Airport in the morning of June 11 via Air France Flight 264 from Paris, France. Abducted on June 7, Kim and four other Korean workers were released after 40 hours.

Won-Gun Shin laputa@donga.com