NYC police search for missing blind Korean tourist who speaks no English

(CNN) -- A blind Korean tourist who speaks no English was being sought Saturday after he went missing two days earlier while his tour group was at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, police said.

Taeheung Kim, 41, became separated from his tour late Thursday afternoon and was last seen by a security guard at 5 a.m. Friday in front of the museum, police said.

He is 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 167 pounds and is legally blind, New York police said.

Police directed tipsters to call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS, log on to the Crime Stoppers website or text information to 274637(CRIMES), then enter TIP577.

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Blind Korean tourist who went missing in New York is found safe

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On Saturday, New York City police asked for the public's held in finding the man, whom they described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and legally blind.

They issued an update shortly before 6 p.m., saying Kim had "been located and is in good health."

Details on his whereabouts were not immediately available.

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A spokesman at the South Korean consulate in New York -- who asked not be named -- told CNN early Saturday evening that Kim had flown back home with his sister.

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