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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: Outcome — Homicide during marriage
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 DetailsWife Allegedly Murdered by Army non-commissioned officer, Paju City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
An Army non-commissioned officer was sentenced to 30 years in prison for neglecting his wife, leading to her death from severe neglect and infestation by maggots. The wife was found in a semi-conscious state covered …
State/Province: Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | City/Region: Paju City | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 17, 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 DetailsWoman in her 30s Murdered by Ex-husband, Siheung City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
On April 1, 2025, in Siheung City, Gyeonggi Province, a woman in her 30s was stabbed and killed by her ex-husband at the convenience store where she worked part-time. The ex-husband had sexually assaulted her …
State/Province: Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | City/Region: Siheung City | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: April 1, 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
View DetailsHaesu Allegedly Murdered by Kang Yeong-gyu, South Korea
Haesu, a 24-year-old dental hygienist, was found fatally injured beneath an overpass with a steel pipe piercing her skull. She had been in a relationship with Kang Yeong-gyu, 26, who was arrested and charged with …
State/Province: None | City/Region: | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 21, 2024
View DetailsBC Allegedly Murdered by Unnamed male suspect, Ulsan, South Korea
A man in his 30s, married to BC's older sister since 2017, was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping and killing his sister-in-law BC, a woman in her 40s, in an apartment in southern Ulsan …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Ulsan | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 5, 2024
View DetailsUnnamed woman victim Murdered by Shaman offender, Four children accomplices, and others, Incheon, South Korea
In September 2024, a woman in her 30s was bound and tortured with hot charcoal embers for three hours by a shaman relative and accomplices at a restaurant in Bukpyeong District, Incheon. The shaman was …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Incheon | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Sept. 18, 2024
View DetailsMs. Lee Murdered by Mr. Kim, Yeonje District, South Korea
Ms. Lee was stabbed more than 20 times by her ex-boyfriend Mr. Kim in her officetel residence in Yeonje District, Busan on September 3, 2024. The couple had a history of dating since November 2023 …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Yeonje District | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Sept. 3, 2024
View DetailsHusband Murdered by Suspect, Tongyeong, South Korea
In 2023, in Tongyeong, South Korea, a woman involved with a man other than her husband sought to end her marriage. The husband's mistress's lover, a man with a prior murder conviction, could not accept …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Tongyeong | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Nov. 11, 2023
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