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Army officer gets life sentence for murdering, dismembering female colleague

Published: 20 Mar. 2025, 18:11 Updated: 20 Mar. 2025, 18:14

Mugshot of Yang Gwang-jun, 38, an Army officer who murdered and mutilated his female colleague [GANGWON PROVINCIAL POLICE AGENCY]

A local court on Thursday sentenced a former Army officer to life in prison for killing and dismembering a woman, who was a fellow military employee whom he had an affair with, for fear of disclosing their relationship.

The Chuncheon District Court handed down a life sentence for Yang Kwang-jun on charges of murder, dismemberment and concealing of a body.

Yang, 38, who was an Army lieutenant colonel, is accused of allegedly strangling the victim to death during a dispute in his car at their unit's parking lot on Oct. 25.

He is also charged with dismembering and abandoning the victim's body in a river in Hwacheon, Gangwon, the next day.

The victim was a civilian military employee who worked at the same unit in the Cyber Operations Command in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi. Unlike Yang, who was married and had a family, the victim was single.

Yang was later dismissed from his position in the military.

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