A teenage South Korean female has been rescued after being kidnapped by local loan sharks in Vietnam.
On August 15, a South Korean teenager identified as A was kidnapped by local loan sharks in Hanoi, Vietnam, due to her father's gambling debt.
Father B, an expat working for a South Korean company in Vietnam, reportedly failed to pay off debts incurred from local gambling, leading loan sharks to take his daughter A hostage.
However, feeling that his own life was in danger, father B fled the country alone the very next day, August 16, leaving his daughter behind.
B reportedly felt terrified, as confinement and assaults stemming from gambling debts are frequent in the area.
Considering that A's mother was residing in South Korea, B's flight meant that A was completely isolated from her family.
It was A's local tutor who reported the kidnapping to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Vietnam in Hanoi.
Embassy officials and dispatched police cooperated with Vietnamese public security officers to track down A's location and rescue her.
Fortunately, A was reportedly moved to a safe location on August 26.
Police and diplomatic authorities are reviewing whether to launch an investigation after verifying B's habitual gambling and the scale of his debts.
Reported by Jung Da-eun | Video by Kim Hye-ju | Design by Yang Hye-min | Produced by SBS Digital News
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