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The murder of a single room for a breakup notice in Cheonan, South Korea, in 2022

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 On January 12, 2022, at 9 p.m., a 27-year-old woman was killed in a studio apartment in Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do after receiving a farewell notice from Cho Hyun-jin. This woman was previously dating Cho Hyun-jin but was notified of her breakup. On January 12, Cho Hyun-jin bought a weapon at a convenience store and entered a studio in Seongjeong-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, where the woman lives. There, Cho Hyun-jin locked the bathroom door and quarreled with the victim, stabbed her with a weapon at 9:40 p.m. and left there. The victim was with her mother in a studio apartment. Cho Hyun-jin took the victim to the bathroom and committed a vicious crime of stabbing him, saying, "I have one last thing to say." Later, the victim was taken to a hospital, but eventually died. Cho Hyun-jin fled quickly after the crime, but was arrested in his studio apartment about 1km away from the crime scene in 3 hours and 40 minutes. According to the victim's sister's pos...

Murder of knife rampage in Seonghwan, Cheonan, South Korea in 2022

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 On April 13, 2022, a knife rampage occurred at around 0:13 a.m. in Seonghwan-eup, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do. According to the police, Kim (54 years old at the time) allegedly killed two women in her 30s by wielding a weapon against two couples who had a quarrel on the sidewalk in front of a karaoke room in Seonghwan-eup, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan. The husbands of the victim couple were reportedly devastated while waiting for a chauffeur to return home after the dinner gathering. Two women in their 30s were taken to a hospital with cardiac arrest, but died, and two men were seriously injured and are being treated. Kim, a criminal with eight previous convictions, was arrested after being reported to the police while fleeing after the crime. Experts claimed that the perpetrator targeted the victims' neck, heart, and sides in the process of wielding a weapon, and that the depth of the wound suggests that it was a planned murder, not an accident. There was also testimony that the perpetra...

2022 Murder of Mother and Daughter in Busan, South Korea

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 On September 12, 2022, the murder at the villa in Yangjeong-dong, Busanjin-gu, occurred during the Chuseok holiday, and the victims who thought they had passed away due to hardships were found to be murder. The incident occurred at 12:50 p.m. in a villa in Yangjeong-dong, where a middle school student D was sleeping in another room, and found his mother B and his high school sister C, who died on charges of six murders. Mr. D reported to the police with the help of the neighbor's owner. At the time the police were dispatched and found, B was stabbed with a weapon, and C was found to have bruises and strangled. D stated, "When I woke up, my mother died in the living room and my sister died in the room." At first, the police concluded that the victims were suicidal because they suffered from hardships and there were no signs of outside intrusion. However, the police investigated the possibility of murder, suspecting that 6 million won of precious metal disappeared from the...

Noise Between Floors Calls for Murder Apartment Murders in Yeosu, South Korea

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 On September 27, 2021, at 0:33 a.m., a murder occurred in an apartment in Deokchung-dong, Yeosu, South Jeolla Province. Mr. Jeong Mo (35), a resident living downstairs in the apartment where the incident occurred, went upstairs and wielded a machete to behead Mr. A, a man in his 40s who lived upstairs, and then slit the throats of two people, including Mr. A's wife, Ms. B (30), who was running towards the elevator. He also swung the weapon at Ms. B's parents, who were in their 60s, cutting off her arm and causing severe injuries to her father, including a stab wound to the abdomen (20 cm). The victims' children, a middle school and elementary school-aged sister in her 40s, escaped the attack by locking the door to their room. It was confirmed that Mr. Chung, who lives alone, had repeatedly filed complaints of inter-floor noise, including a request for mediation with the apartment management office on September 17, saying that "the family upstairs is causing inter-floo...

Electronic anklet defacement and serial murders in Songpa-gu, South Korea, 2021

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  In late August 2021, a 56-year-old male named Kang Yoon-seong, who had a history of robbery and sexual crimes, committed a series of murders against two victims in the Songpa-gu district of Seoul, South Korea. Afterward, he turned himself in to the police. On August 26th, around 5:00 PM, Kang Yoon-seong purchased a kitchen knife from a mart in Samjeon-dong, Songpa-gu. Prior to that, at 3:57 PM, he bought a cutting machine from a hardware store in Ogum-dong. Between 9:30 PM and 10:00 PM on August 26th, Kang Yoon-seong suffocated and killed a woman in her 40s whom he had met at a karaoke establishment, using a blanket. He claimed that he killed her because she refused to engage in sexual intercourse. The body of this woman was not discovered until Kang turned himself in. The police had visited Kang's residence five times, including on the day he damaged his electronic ankle monitor, from 6:00 PM on the 27th to 2:00 AM on the 28th, but they did not uncover the first murder. A police...

Murder of an ex-girlfriend's family in Songpa-gu, South Korea, in 2021 and the suspect's identity

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  On December 10, 2021, in a villa located in Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, a murder took place where Lee Seok-jun (then 25 years old, born in 1996) killed A's (then 21 years old, born in 2000) mother, who was a former lover, and injured A's younger brother. On December 5, Lee Seok-jun sexually assaulted A after taking her mobile phone at his house in Cheonan, and recorded the act with his own phone. On December 6, A reported the suspect for sexual assault, and from December 7, she was under police protection as a victim and received a smartwatch. On December 10, around 2:30 PM, Lee Seok-jun broke into A's house, who was his ex-girlfriend, and attacked A's mother (then 49 years old, born in 1972) and younger brother (then 13 years old, born in 2008) with a weapon. A's father, who was out at the time, became aware of the incident during a phone call with the mother and reported it, but they had already been injured by the weapon. The mother was transported to the ho...

Recapping the Dedle River High School Girls' Murder in South Korea

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 The defendant in the Dresden student murder case has been getting a lot of attention after the court sentenced him to life imprisonment in both the first instance and on appeal. The defendant pleaded not guilty and the prosecution argued for the death penalty, but the court ultimately sentenced him to life in prison. As a result, many people are curious about the story behind the case. Let's break it down. Incident details The incident took place in February 2001 in the Dedle River in Naju. A naked body was found floating in the Dedle River, which was later identified as that of a 19-year-old high school girl, Ms. Park Mo. Traces of assault and bodily fluids were found on her body. At that time, due to limited technology, it was impossible to collect fingerprints from a drowned body. Furthermore, without direct evidence, the case remained unsolved for more than a decade. However, in 2012, a breakthrough occurred in the case. A person with DNA that matched the sample taken from Par...

2021 Sticks Murder at Seoul Children's Sports Center in Korea

 On December 31, 2021, a bizarre murder case took place at the Children's Sports Center in Bukhankajwa-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. On December 30, 2021, late in the evening, the victim, Goh Jaehyung (26 years old at the time and an employee at the sports center),  had an end-of-year dinner with his boss, Han Mo (40 years old at the time and the owner of the sports center), and two other employees.  According to KakaoTalk messages released by the victim's family, until 11 p.m., the victim was conscious enough to communicate with his family through text messages. The substitute driver who received a call from the victim stated that the victim, who was intoxicated, was unable to provide his location and canceled the ride.  During the call, a man presumed to be the perpetrator allegedly said, "Where the hell do you live, you ××? If you want to go home, you better give the driver the correct location." When the driver didn't arrive, Mr. Goh said, "I'll drive my...