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A South Korean teenager who went missing in Turkey in January is receiving military training by the Islamic State group, the head of the country’s spy agency said in a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday.

Lee Byung-kee, the chief of the National Intelligence Service, told lawmakers that the 18-year-old, identified only as Kim, is alive and at an Islamic State military training camp.

He, however, could not confirm the exact location of the camp, which is believed to be in Syria.

Kim was suspected of joining the Islamic State terrorist Army in Syria because police found evidence of him accessing Islamic State-related websites and communicating with the terrorist group via email and Twitter account prior to his departure to Turkey.

Kim threatened his parents and said he would commit suicide if he did not travel to Turkey.

He was a middle school dropout and promised to study hard once he returns.