Update June 1: Photo of kidnapped doctor added to the story, released by Jalu Medical Services Office, Libya

Islamic State (IS) militants may have captured a North Korean doctor and his wife in Libya, a local media source suggested on Monday.

“(They were kidnapped) when they were on their way to Tripoli after having finished their duty in Jalu hospital, while their car driver was released yesterday,” the Libya Observer, a social media-only news service said on Monday.

“A source from inside the hospital indicated that the sixty-year-old NKorean doctor has been working in Jalu for years, reaffirming that the North Korean embassy