Student detained in North Korea has left the country, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison confirms

Alek Sigley, the 29-year-old Australian missing in North Korea for more than a week, has left the country and is now safe in China.

Speaking in the Australian parliament on Thursday, the prime minister, Scott Morrison, confirmed that Sigley had been released from detention by the repressive regime and had arrived safely in China.

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