All posts tagged "murder"

  • S. Korean found dead in Peru

    MEXICO CITY (Yonhap) — A South Korean man was found dead outside of an apartment in Peru, the South Korean Embassy and a local newspaper said Monday. The 34-year old man surnamed Jeong was found in the...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • S. Korean man stabbed to death in Philippines

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A South Korean man in his 60s was stabbed to death at his house in the Philippines, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. His body was found in his house in the Cavite province...

    • Posted February 22, 2016
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  • [WaPo] Sex tape found near scene of Korean woman’s death, possibly by electrocution, in Va.

    —  Fairfax County police traced the cellphone of a missing and endangered woman to an Annandale home on Dec. 21, according to a search warrant. Officers’ knocks went unanswered, but a bizarre and horrific...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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    S. Korea to dispatch police to Philippines over murder of Korean

    HANOI/SEOUL (Yonhap) — Police said Monday they will send four officials to the Philippines to investigate a recent shooting death of a South Korean man, the first move to probe into overseas crimes targeting Korean nationals. A...

    • Posted December 21, 2015
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  • Lee Joon-seok
    Top court upholds Sewol captain’s life imprisonment for murder

    By Choi Soo-hyang SEOUL (Yonhap) — The nation’s top court on Thursday upheld a life sentence for the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol for murdering 304 passengers aboard. Upholding a lower court’s ruling, the Supreme Court...

    • Posted November 12, 2015
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  • Maryland police officers arrive on the scene of the crime in Urbana, Md., to inspect a stabbing attack at a local Korean-run church. (Screenshot from AP Video)
    Man charged in stabbings, including 1 fatal, at Korean-run church camp

    URBANA, Md. (AP) — An apparently homeless Virginia man fatally stabbed a South Korean missionary and seriously wounded his wife at a Maryland church retreat center, authorities said Monday. Song Su Kim, 30, of Falls Church, Virginia,...

    • Posted July 27, 2015
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    S. Korea passes bill removing statute of limitations for murders

    SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) — The National Assembly on Friday passed a revised bill abolishing the law that limits the time for prosecuting murderers. The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy...

    • Posted July 24, 2015
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