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Korean True Crime covers all of the horrors that South Korea has to offer, including serial killers, murders, unsolved mysteries, and more!
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Patriot (Case of Suji Kim/Kim Ok-bun and Yoon Tae-sik) (opens the original)
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In January 1987, businessman Yoon Tae-sik appeared on live national television claiming he had narrowly escaped being abducted to Pyongyang by his wife, who had been hiding that she was a North Korean spy. In reality, 34-year-old migrant worker Kim Ok-bun lay dead beneath the bed of their Hong Kong flat, strangled by Tae-sik during a dispute over money. For the next 15 years, the South Korean government would fabricate a cover-up of Ok-bun's murder to use as state propaganda against North Korea.
Friend or Foe (opens the original)
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The emergency dispatcher answered a call on July 12, 2023. "If I’m a high school senior, and I’m seventeen years old, and I haven't had my birthday yet... if someone commits murder, do they get a five-year sentence? If I confess, can I get a reduction?" When the police arrived, they would discover a toxic friendship that resulted in the death of a 17 year old girl. Join our discord today! If you enjoy Korean True Crime, please r
Type A (Case of Go Chun-ja) (opens the original)
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In August 1997, police responded to an emergency and found a woman unconscious in a pool of blood. Thirty-five meters away, behind a temporary construction wall, her coworker Go Chun-ja lay beneath a zelkova tree undiscovered until the following morning. On the other side of Jeju Island, a near-identical crime occurred in a cafe at the same time. Find our merch here: https://koreantruecrime-shop.fourthwall.com
Murder in the Borderless Village (opens the original)
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On January 24, 2007, a man was stopped at Ansan Station dragging a heavy suitcase that was leaving a fresh trail of blood across the floor tiles. When a station worker confronted him, he claimed the bag just held 40kg of pork. When he wasn't allowed to board the train, he abandoned the suitcase in the men's bathroom. After a janitor discovered what was inside, police launched a massive search through Wongok-dong, a neighborhood where the local migrant workers were distrustful of the police.Find
Gwangju Stalker (Case of Jang Yoon-ki) (opens the original)
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Early 2026, Ga-in survived being held captive for 12 hours. The police took her report and sent a text to the perpetrator telling him to "cease all contact with the victim". For the next 30 hours, Jang Yoon-ki would stalk her apartment, purchase two knives, and then give up to find another target. That is when he found 16-year-old Chae-won walking home from studying at the library. Find our merch here: https://koreantruecrime-shop.fourthwall.com
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