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Country Intelligence Summary
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May 5, 2026
Top Motives and Outcomes in South Korea
Top Motives
- Jealousy — 89 case(s)
- Revenge — 64 case(s)
- Control/domination — 56 case(s)
- Money / Financial Gain — 36 case(s)
- Eliminate romantic partner — 24 case(s)
Top Outcomes
- Arrest made — 125 case(s)
- Legal case ongoing — 94 case(s)
- Investigation still ongoing — 74 case(s)
- Homicide during marriage — 66 case(s)
- Deadbody recovery — 32 case(s)
State / Province Case Counts in South Korea
13 case(s)
7 case(s)
3 case(s)
1 case(s)
Cases in South Korea: Motive — Jealousy
Vietnamese woman, High school girl victim, and others Allegedly Murdered by Jang Yoon-gi, Gwangju, South Korea
On May 5, 2026, in Gwangju, South Korea, a young high school girl was murdered by Jang Yoon-gi, a 17-year-old male high school student. Jang had a history of stalking a 26-year-old Vietnamese woman he …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Gwangju | Incident Type: Murder | Date: May 5, 2026
View DetailsMs. Kim Allegedly Murdered by Jo Jae-bok, Chelsea, and others, Daegu, South Korea
On March 31, a suitcase containing the body of Ms. Kim, a woman in her 50s, was found in a stream in Buk-gu, Daegu. She had multiple fractures presumed caused by external force. The suspect …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Daegu | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: March 31, 2026
View DetailsWife, Husband, and others Allegedly Murdered by Cohabiting Partner, Village near Pohang, South Korea
A woman was found murdered by suffocation in a mountain near her home after disappearing following work. The suspect was her cohabiting partner, while her husband was unaware of their relationship. The husband struggles with …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Village near Pohang | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 30, 2026
View DetailsWoman in her 50s Allegedly Murdered by Man in his 60s, Gongju, Chungnam Province, South Korea
On January 2nd, a man in his 60s allegedly stabbed his romantic partner, a woman in her 50s, at a villa in Gongju, Chungnam Province, South Korea, after she notified him of her intention to …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Gongju | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 2, 2026
View DetailsThai wife Allegedly Injured by Korean husband, Uijeongbu, South Korea
A Korean man in his 40s was arrested for pouring boiling water on his sleeping Thai wife's face in an apartment in Uijeongbu City. The wife suffered severe burns and was hospitalized. The husband claimed …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Uijeongbu | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: Dec. 3, 2025
View DetailsAC Disappearance Involving Kim, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea
A woman in her 50s, identified as AC, was allegedly murdered by her ex-lover Kim in Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea. The incident occurred on November 14, 2025, when AC disappeared after leaving work. Her child …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Cheongju | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 14, 2025
View DetailsHwang Allegedly Murdered by Kim, Seoul, South Korea
Hwang, a man in his 20s, was found dead in the trunk of his burned car in a park parking lot in Seoul. He had been missing for six days before the fire. Investigation revealed …
State/Province: Seoul, South Korea | City/Region: Seoul | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Oct. 8, 2025
View DetailsYoon Ji-ah Allegedly Kidnapped by Joy (Black Cat), Jong Chong, South Korea
Yoon Ji-ah, a 24-year-old South Korean TikTok influencer known as JJ 102, was allegedly murdered by a man known as Joy or Black Cat, who was her biggest fan and supposed manager. Joy, a man …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Jong Chong | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Sept. 11, 2025
View DetailsProspective Daughter-in-Law Injured in Alleged Murder Attempt by Prospective Father-in-Law, Wife of the Father-in-Law, and others, Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
A woman in her twenties, the girlfriend of a man in Pocheon, South Korea, was forcibly taken to a pension by her prospective father-in-law and injected with methamphetamine. The father-in-law, who had a history of …
State/Province: Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | City/Region: Pocheon | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Aug. 15, 2025
View DetailsProspective Daughter-in-Law Allegedly Murdered by Prospective Father-in-Law, Prospective Mother-in-Law, and others, Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
A woman in her twenties, the prospective daughter-in-law, was forcibly injected with methamphetamine by her prospective father-in-law at a pension in Pocheon. The father-in-law, who had a history of drug offenses, attempted to drug her …
State/Province: Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | City/Region: Pocheon | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: Aug. 15, 2025
View DetailsVictim Injured in Alleged Murder Attempt by Wife and Son-in-law, Gwanghwa County, South Korea
On August 1, around 1 a.m., a man in his 50s was attacked at a café in Gwanghwa County by his wife and son-in-law. The wife cut off his male organ and stabbed his face …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Gwanghwa County | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Aug. 1, 2025
View DetailsBC Injured in Alleged Murder Attempt by AC, Ulsan, South Korea
AC, a male suspect, allegedly stabbed BC, a female hospital employee in her 20s, multiple times in a hospital parking lot in Buk-gu, Ulsan on July 28, 2025, after BC ended their dating relationship. Prior …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Ulsan | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: July 28, 2025
View DetailsUnnamed Husband Injured in Alleged Murder Attempt by Chinese Wife, Iksan City, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
On May 22nd at 11:45 p.m., in a company dormitory in Iksan City, Jeollabuk-do, a 38-year-old husband was stabbed twice in the abdomen by his wife while he was sleeping. Coworkers nearby subdued the wife, …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Iksan City | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: May 22, 2025
View DetailsUnidentified wife in her sixties and Unidentified mother in her eighties Allegedly Murdered by Unidentified man in his sixties and Jeong-mo, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
A man in his sixties stabbed and killed his wife at their home in Suso-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on March 29. The wife was found in cardiac arrest and later died at the hospital. The police …
State/Province: Seoul, South Korea | City/Region: Gangnam-gu | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: March 29, 2025
View DetailsVictim wife Murdered by Mr. Seo, Gangseo-gu, South Korea
Mr. Seo was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering his wife within three months of marriage after she refused to have sex. The victim was intoxicated and had taken sleeping pills, making resistance …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Gangseo-gu | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: March 13, 2025
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