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Police investigate deaths of actor-director Rob Reiner and wife as apparent homicide

Actor-director and political activist Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, and police are investigating the circumstances as an apparent homicide, city officials said.

2025-12-15

Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT's alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide

The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the AI chatbot intensified her son's “paranoid delusions.”

2025-12-12

25-year sentence for man who stabbed cleaner to death

A Chinese man received a 25-year prison sentence for fatally stabbing a street cleaner near central Seoul's Sungnyemun Gate, central Seoul, the Supreme Court confirmed Thursday.

2025-10-02

Identity released of man accused of fatally stabbing three people in pizzeria

A man accused of fatally stabbing three people at a pizza restaurant in Gwanak District, southern Seoul, earlier this month has been identified as 41-year-old Kim Dong-won, police said Tuesday.

2025-09-16

Police suspect Seoul pizza shop stabbing spree was over business disagreement

A franchise pizza shop owner is under investigation for allegedly killing three people and seriously injuring another in a knife attack that police suspect was a business dispute with the franchisor.

2025-09-04

Yongin family murder sparks calls for tougher penalties on spouse, child killings

The case of a man in his 50s who murdered his elderly parents, wife and two daughters in Yongin, Gyeonggi, has renewed calls for harsher penalties for those who kill spouses or children.

2025-04-17

Korea facing worrying uptick in dating violence and murders

Rising cases of intimate partner homicide and violence in recent months have the Korean public calling for stronger punishment and prevention measures.

2024-05-12

Police reveal identity of double homicide suspect

Lee is accused of killing two women in their 60s who ran Korean-style coffee shops known as dabang.

2024-01-10

Double homicide suspect arrested in Gangwon

The suspect is accused of murdering two women in their 60s. He reportedly told authorities that after feeling emasculated, he killed the women to prove that he wasn’t weak.

2024-01-06

Ending the social malaise of lonely death (KOR)

Lonely deaths can be prevented if social isolation is stopped.

2023-07-12