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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 — Legal case ongoing
Ex-wife Allegedly Murdered by Ex-husband, Seoulcho District, South Korea
A man in his 60s allegedly killed his ex-wife in her 50s in an apartment in Seoulcho District on March 30. The motive was a dispute over property division following their recent divorce. After killing …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Seoulcho District | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: March 30, 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 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 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 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 Details64-year-old wife Injured by 71-year-old husband, Chuncheon City, Gangwon Province, South Korea
On November 27, 2024, in Chuncheon City, Gangwon Province, a 71-year-old husband threatened his 64-year-old wife with a knife after an argument at their home. The husband stabbed a knife into the bedroom door and …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Chuncheon City | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: Nov. 27, 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 DetailsBC Case Involving AC, Namyangju City, South Korea
A man in his 60s, AC, repeatedly stalked a woman in her 30s, BC, after she got off work in Namyangju City. Despite a court-issued provisional restraining order prohibiting AC from approaching or contacting BC …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Namyangju City | Incident Type: Missing Person / Presumed Homicide | Date: July 1, 2024
View DetailsMin-young, Hyun-ji, and others Disappearance Involving Joo, South Korea
Min-young married Joo, a man who appeared loving and successful but disappeared on their wedding day amid a financial fraud scheme involving multiple women and forged documents. Joo used weddings as a backdrop for scams, …
State/Province: None | City/Region: | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: April 15, 2024
View DetailsElementary school-aged child Case Involving Vietnamese woman, Jeungpyeong, Chungbuk, South Korea
On January 15, 2024, a 32-year-old Vietnamese woman living in Jeungpyeong County, Chungbuk, South Korea, had a stillbirth of a fetus estimated at 21 to 25 weeks gestation. She placed the fetus's body in her …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Jeungpyeong | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: Jan. 15, 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
View DetailsWife Case Involving Husband, Ganghwa, Incheon, South Korea
On May 9, 2023, in Ganghwa, Incheon, South Korea, a wife in her 50s collapsed at home bleeding. Her husband, in his 60s, neglected her and went to play tennis instead of providing care. The …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Ganghwa, Incheon | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: May 9, 2023
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