Choi Eum-hee (right) was kidnapped on the orders of Kim Jong-il (centre), then North Korea’s minister of propaganda, in 1977; her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok (left) was taken six months later. The pair was held for eight years until their escape. Photo: handout Choi Eum-hee (right) was kidnapped on the orders of Kim Jong-il (centre), then North Korea’s minister of propaganda, in 1977; her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok (left) was taken six months later. The pair was held for eight years until their escape. Photo: handout
Choi Eum-hee (right) was kidnapped on the orders of Kim Jong-il (centre), then North Korea’s minister of propaganda, in 1977; her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok (left) was taken six months later. The pair was held for eight years until their escape. Photo: handout
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Famed South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, who was abducted by North Korean spies in Hong Kong for film fan Kim Jong-il, dies aged 91

Choi Eun-hee was the doyenne of South Korean cinema – until she and her ex-husband, the director Shin Sang-ok, were held for eight years by North Korea

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Updated: 9:42pm, 17 Apr, 2018

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Choi Eum-hee (right) was kidnapped on the orders of Kim Jong-il (centre), then North Korea’s minister of propaganda, in 1977; her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok (left) was taken six months later. The pair was held for eight years until their escape. Photo: handout Choi Eum-hee (right) was kidnapped on the orders of Kim Jong-il (centre), then North Korea’s minister of propaganda, in 1977; her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok (left) was taken six months later. The pair was held for eight years until their escape. Photo: handout
Choi Eum-hee (right) was kidnapped on the orders of Kim Jong-il (centre), then North Korea’s minister of propaganda, in 1977; her ex-husband, film director Shin Sang-ok (left) was taken six months later. The pair was held for eight years until their escape. Photo: handout
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