Top court upholds life sentence for Sillim stabbing perpetrator

The Supreme Court upheld an appellate court's sentence of life in prison for Cho Seon, the 34-year-old behind the stabbing spree at Sillim Station last July.

2024-09-12

Killer in Sillim Station stabbing attack gets life in prison

In July 2023, the 34 year-old Cho Sun assaulted four strangers near Sillim Station in Seoul. One of the victims, a 22-year-old man, died from his injuries. The judge ruled that the crime was extremely violent and savage.

2024-01-31

Sillim-dong hiking trail killer gets life in prison

A 30-year-old man who killed a woman after beating her with brass knuckles at a park in Sillim-dong, southern Seoul, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday.

2024-01-22

Prosecutors seek death sentence for Sillim-dong stabber

On July 21, the 34-year-old went on a stabbing rampage near Sillim Station, resulting in killing a man in his 20s and injuring three others.

2024-01-10

20-year sentence for 'Busan roundhouse kick' assailant upheld by top court

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for the assailant in the so-called "Busan roundhouse kick case," convicted for attempting to rape and murder a woman in her 20s last year.

2023-09-21

Police to add 9,000 patrol officers amid public safety concerns

Under the plan the police will reduce 2,900 desk jobs. The majority, 2,600 of these positions, will be relocated to 28 mobile patrol units set up at all provincial and city police agencies.

2023-09-19

Korea to provide less-lethal guns to police officers

The police will distribute less-lethal guns to all police officers on field duty in response to the recent surge in random attacks. The guns will be loaded with less-fatal rounds. Their lethality is only 10 percent of traditional bullets.

2023-08-29

Man threatens to hurt himself in northern Seoul in three-hour standoff

A man in his 30s terrorized a neighborhood in Eunpyeong, Seoul, on Saturday with knives on both hands. He was taken into custody after a three-hour standoff. On Friday the knuckle brass rapist and murder Choi Yoon-jong was questioned by prosecutors.

2023-08-27

Police ID suspect in sexual assault, murder on hiking trail

In revealing his identity, the committee acknowledged the brutality and severity of the case since the suspect “premeditated the crime by purchasing a weapon and searching for a potential crime site” and “murdered a random woman after attempting ...

2023-08-23

Police identify suspect in Sillim-dong rape and murder case

Police revealed the identity of the man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a woman on a hiking trail in Sillim-dong, southern Seoul, as 30-year-old Choi Yoon-jong.