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Country Intelligence Summary
152
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 — Investigation still ongoing
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 DetailsMother-in-law Allegedly Murdered by Daughter and Son-in-law, Daegu, South Korea
A woman in her 50s was found dead in a suitcase floating in the Sincheon stream in Daegu. The son-in-law admitted to assaulting the mother-in-law with fists and feet, which led to her death. The …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Daegu | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: March 18, 2026
View DetailsBC Injured in Alleged Murder Attempt by AC, Siheung City, South Korea
On January 1st at 6:24 p.m., a man in his 50s, AC, allegedly wielded a weapon and stabbed his divorced ex-wife BC at a weekend farm in Siheung City. The injuries included wounds to the …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Siheung City | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Jan. 1, 2026
View DetailsWife Injured in Alleged Murder Attempt by Husband, Yeongju, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
On December 9, 2025, in Yeongju, Gyeongbuk, South Korea, a husband in his 40s attempted to murder his wife in her 30s during a divorce dispute by trying to push her from the fifth-floor veranda …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Yeongju | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Dec. 9, 2025
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 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 DetailsVictim Injured in Alleged Murder Attempt by Suspect, Geoje City, South Korea
A man in his 20s allegedly stabbed his lover in the face and neck with a weapon and attempted to push her off the Geoje Bridge into the sea after she expressed a desire to …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Geoje City | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Oct. 15, 2025
View DetailsElementary school student Allegedly Injured by Mr. Kang, Incheon, South Korea
A taekwondo instructor in Incheon was arrested for sexually assaulting an elementary school student who was his student. The suspect denies the charges, claiming the act was consensual, but police have applied for an arrest …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Incheon | Incident Type: Rape | Date: Sept. 21, 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 DetailsAC, B, and others Murder Case, Daegu, South Korea
On August 10, 2025, a fire broke out in a Sincheon-dong apartment in Daegu, South Korea, resulting in the deaths of a mother and her two children. The mother was found dead after falling from …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Daegu | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Aug. 10, 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 DetailsTwo-year-old son Case Involving 20-year-old mother, Northern Gyeonggi, South Korea
A 20-year-old mother left her two-year-old son alone at home for three days during a heatwave without food, diaper changes, or care, while she went on a trip with her boyfriend. The police found the …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Northern Gyeonggi | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: July 27, 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
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