To find a single case.
Dozens of visits to the National Archives, the Military High Prosecutors’ Office, local prosecutors’ offices, and the courts with jurisdiction.
This was not so much a collection effort as it was a process closer to restoration.

"The Republic of Korea Violent Crime Judgment Sourcebook" is  a sourcebook-style compilation that organizes 720 violent crime cases that actually occurred in the Republic of Korea between 1951 and 2006 and were adjudicated by the courts, based on established legal facts.

This book does not simply list cases. It reconstructs how each crime occurred, how it came to trial, and what facts the court recognized, based on the original text of the judgments. 

For those who want to understand the reality of violent crime, the judgments, and the human and institutional contexts behind them,creators, researchers, and general readers interested in this field, this is a book for everyone.
Writers and screenwriters planning violent crime works, creators producing webtoons or video content based on real cases, aspiring legal professionals studying the structure of criminal cases and the flow of judgments, or general readers simply interested in past crime cases will all find it to be meaningful material.

And what is especially important is that this material can become a benchmark for the future. It was created not for mere curiosity, but to serve as a starting point for research, production, and education.

Of course, the records were not easily obtained. 
The greatest barrier in creating this book was, without question, "data collection."  

Since 2001, South Korean media have prohibited reporting criminals’ real names, and with the strengthening of personal information protection laws, even court judgments have become difficult to access. If a case cannot be specifically identified, the courts will not provide materials. 

So the author took action personally. The National Archives, the Military High Prosecutors’ Office, local prosecutors’ offices, and the courts with jurisdiction were visited dozens of times to identify cases one by one and submit requests for information disclosure. 

The amount of supporting documentation required in this process was enormous, and the author constantly carried printed copies in bags and in the car. 

Data collection bordering on restoration,
Throughout the entire process, time and costs far exceeded expectations.

We conducted searches by checking key information one by one—such as jurisdiction, charges, and sentencing dates—and even when approval was granted, the materials were often missing or nonexistent, or arrived written in cursive Chinese characters with poor print quality. 

In particular, materials from the 1950s and 1960s were nearly at the level of restoration. We had to recruit experts to decipher Chinese characters for translation, and reconstruct the content by cross-verifying unclear judicial expressions with historical legal systems and case records.All of this required far more time and money than imagined. 

However, the author did not give up this process, because he knew it was 'work that could never be done again unless it was done now.'

The author's persistence and passion can be seen on Kimwon TV.

The Unique Appeal of <Republic of Korea Violent Crime Case Records>

Curiosity into research, research into records.
An interest that began in abnormal psychology led to 18 years of tracking and collection. 

The author majored in psychology during his university years and developed a deep interest in the field of abnormal psychology in particular.
At first, he mainly referred to overseas papers based on clinical reports, but gradually he became curious about how abnormal psychology manifests in real life. This naturally led him to develop an interest in violent crime. Among them,analyzing cases in which criminals' psychological traits are revealed most extremely. That is what he came to focus on.

Through this process, I came to realize that violent crime verdicts are not merely 'records of incidents,' but comprehensive testimonies that capture the social context of the time, individual psychology, and even institutional problems.
For example,In the case of a three-person group that attacked a vessel and killed multiple people at the Jangbong-ri pier in Bucheon in 1954, some of the perpetrators were members of a group of 'intelligence agency informants' responsible for national security at the time. The perpetrators' identities, methods of the crime, and motives (looting) vividly revealed the social chaos in the immediate aftermath of the war.
In addition, there have been many cases that reflect the social background of the time, when firearm possession was easier than it is today, such as a 1957 incident in Busan in which a friend was lured and shot to death with a handgun for the purpose of robbing valuables.

This work went beyond simple curiosity and became the author's lifelong research.

Are the crimes we think we know today truly real?
Unreported incidents, stories consumed over and over.

Without accurate records, what are we actually using as the basis for our memories?

In an era when we encounter news of violent crime every day, this question suddenly arises. How much of the incidents we see and hear through the media are truly real? From news and films to dramas and documentaries, crime is consumed like a genre, yet the information within is often fragmentary and monotonous.
They are constructed based solely on the memories of police officials, or on a few lines from digitized past articles, and at times circulate as completely dramatized ghost stories or rumors.

The reason is simple. There are no definitive records.
Many of the cases we know are ones that have been consumed repeatedly.

The representative crimes that appear in the media are limited to a few well-known cases, while in reality far more diverse and complex incidents existed. However, they were forgotten without ever being introduced to the public, and as a result, the reality of past violent crimes remains only as a few distorted images.
To fill this gap, the author "Over the past 18 years, has traveled across the country in search of cases, continuing this work by collecting verdicts and primary source materials.  
In an age where facts are pushed aside by content, accurate data grounded in legal facts is more essential than ever.

Preview of the main text.

The main text is composed of the following sections.

Case overview, submitted evidence, applicable statutes, verdict, criminal history, aftermath.

Case Overview Covers who committed the incident, when and how it occurred, how the investigation proceeded, and how the arrest was made. Information not included in the verdict was also directly collected and organized.

Submitted Evidence Allows you to review the list of evidence submitted during the trial.
Applicable Statutes Allows you to review the statutes applied during the trial process of the case.

Verdict Here, you can review meticulously organized rulings of the relevant cases. In some cases, portions of the judgments are quoted verbatim.

In some cases, "Criminal History" and "After the Incident" sections have been added. They contain the offender’s past criminal record and what happened after the trial, among other details.

At the end of each volume, an appendix "Glossary of Legal Terms" is included.

720 violent crime cases selected from 8,000 cases

From 2007, when I began writing this, up to the present in 2020,
the case precedents I have collected alone amount to approximately 8,000 cases.
I have read them all, and for each individual case,
although the issues and the court’s judgments are independent,
I also confirmed that they are determined on an individual basis.
In addition, with the cooperation of various institutions and individuals related to the cases,
the investigation white papers, bulletins, and other materials secured number in the hundreds.
The Republic of Korea Violent Crime Judgment Archive is produced by referencing all of these collected materials.

_From the author Jeon Seong-gyu

Reference materials for those who recommended it

Park Hyung-min Senior Research Fellow, Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice Policy
https://youtu.be/8PoGIVaxUWY?si=y_RRtcvRR3Tomhpz

<Cases Included in the Republic of Korea Violent Crime Case Law Archive>

*Contains 720 cases.
*The perpetrators' names were removed to prevent spoilers.

1. The Republic of Korea's first serial murder in 1951.
2. In 1951, a group of deserter officers murdered three merchants in a serial killing and abandoned the bodies.
3. In 1952, a deserter noncommissioned officer went on a serial killing spree in the Yeongdeungpo area of Seoul.
4. In 1953, the Republic of Korea's first dismemberment murderer was a woman in her early twenties.
5. In 1953, an informant murdered his lover with a handgun at a Chinese restaurant.
6. In 1953, the reason a father who brutally dismembered and murdered his young daughter avoided trial.
7. In 1953, a master of the "dual handguns" who went nationwide committing murders with a handgun.
8. In 1954, a group of intelligence agents who attacked a ship in Jangbong-ri and killed four people.
9. In 1956, a group that committed a series of murders of four jeep drivers and abandoned the bodies.
10. In 1957, a serial murder of three village residents in Jecheon.
11. In 1957, a college student who murdered a child and then raped and murdered the child's mother beside the body.
12. In 1957, a handgun murderer who oscillated between a "death sentence" and "life imprisonment."
13. In 1957, a gunman who shot and killed four people at the Busan International Market.
14. In 1957, a murderer who slaughtered a family of five doctors and stole their valuables.
15. In 1958, lured a hometown friend to the sea, robbed him of money, and murdered him.
16. In 1959, a battalion commander who shot and killed a division commander.
17. In 1959, murdered a pregnant former lover and abandoned the body.
18. In 1959, the question of punishment for a mentally ill head of household who killed his wife and two sons.
19. In 1959, five members of a family were massacred in Pil-dong, Seoul.
20. In 1960, killed a friend who tried to stop him while he was heavily intoxicated.
21. In 1961, the poisoning murder case of the manager of 'Aepunggak'.
22. In 1962, massacred his father, stepmother, and two young half-siblings.
23. In 1962, a private first class shot and killed two senior soldiers.
24. In 1962, a series of late-night date murders involving a man and a woman.
25. In 1962, a mentally ill person who massacred three family members after failing to control sexual urges.
26. In 1962, a one-armed man massacred three family members, including a five-year-old girl.
27. In 1963, massacred five family members because he was not given bus fare.
28. In 1963, harbored lust for his sister-in-law and killed her after she rejected his advances.
29. In 1963, massacred four members of his older brother's family over an inheritance dispute.
30. In 1963, an Army private killed six members of an active-duty lieutenant colonel's family in Inje with an axe.
31. In 1963, a dismembered murder of a married couple predating the first known case.
32. In 1963, three members of a family were massacred in Siheung.
33. In 1963, an incurably ill cousin murdered a housewife in a Mapo apartment.
34. In 1965, the Chuncheon Lake dismemberment murder.
35. 1965 Serial killer who murdered five people, including four young siblings in the neighborhood.
36. 1965 A farmhand who, angered by a rejected marriage proposal to a woman working as a live-in maid at his employer’s house, murdered three members of her family.
37. 1965 The Hanseonggwan murder massacre.
38. 1966 A Private First Class of the 28th Division who went on a shooting spree.
39. 1966 “Life imprisonment” reduced to “7 years in prison”… A housewife who poisoned her stepson to death.
40. 1966 A woman who abandoned her six children, consorted with government officials, and eventually poisoned her husband to death for an inheritance.
41. 1967 A man who hacked six villagers to death with a sickle, including a newborn baby, and served only five years in prison.
42. 1968 An Army sergeant who killed six people by throwing a grenade at Andong Munhwa Theater.
43. 1968 A young man who, tempted by money, murdered a neighborhood friend.
44. 1968 A pregnant woman who kidnapped and murdered a child.
45. 1969 Unable to overcome poverty, he killed three members of his own family with a sledgehammer.
46. 1969 An incident in which, during counseling at a marriage agency, greed for money led to the murder of the agency director and the robbery of valuables.
47. 1971 A robbery-murder committed to fund operations after being lured by the North and secretly operating as an infiltrated agent.
48. 1971 The robbery-murder of an elderly woman at a remote house in Chuncheon.
49. 1971 The Gyeongsin Middle School nighttime murder massacre.
50. 1971 A late-night hostage standoff by a deserter noncommissioned officer.
51. 1971 The successive murders of two women over two days.
52. 1971 The brutal murder of a taxi driver.
53. 1972 The murder of a friend, the friend’s mother, and the friend’s nephew, all to steal money.
54. 1973 A family of five massacred late at night in Chungju.
55. In 1973, a serial killer who targeted only taxi drivers, murdering four people.
56. In 1974, a convicted murderer who carried out South Korea’s first courtroom witness revenge killing.
57. In 1974, a suspect who murdered his wife and buried her secretly, with suspicions of having killed family members in the past as well.
58. In 1974, a father who, unable to overcome poverty, dug a pit and buried his three young sons alive.
59. In 1974, South Korea’s first female serial killer.
60. In 1974, a repairman who broke into a home, murdered a 16-year-old housemaid, and drowned three children by placing them upside down in a bathtub filled with water.
61. In 1974, the reason the perpetrator of an unsolved robbery-murder on a train reappeared eight years later.
62. In 1974, an Army private who opened fire with a carbine rifle in a barracks, killing nine fellow soldiers.
63. In 1974, a concubine who murdered a Japanese legal wife, claiming she killed out of sorrow after losing both money and love.
64. In 1974, an armed Army non-commissioned officer who carried out a hostage incident after killing two civilians.
65. In 1975, a man who sexually assaulted a female student again shortly after being released from prison following a sentence for rape.
66. In 1975, the Baekjamot dismemberment murder and body disposal case.
67. In 1975, a series of child murders in Busan, including the killer’s nephew.
68. In 1975, a family murderer who protested his innocence until his death.
69. In 1975, a serial killer who murdered 17 people over 55 days while moving between isolated houses.
70. In 1975, the kidnapping and murder of a hated rival’s child driven by jealousy.
71. In 1975, a ranch laborer who stabbed and killed his wife in the family court waiting room when they encountered each other for a divorce trial.
72. In 1975, a kidnapping and murder case committed for just a few coins.
73. In 1975, the most brutal dismemberment murder case.
74. In 1975, a husband who murdered his wife and three children to remarry his mistress, then filed a false death report.
75. In 1975, a serial murder of three women driven by public resentment toward an ex-convict.
76. In 1975, a fraud-convicted serial killer who poisoned four elderly people to death by deceiving them that cyanide was a miracle cure.
77. In 1975, a robbery-murderer who killed a lawyer and seriously injured his wife after being discovered while stealing valuables during a break-in at the lawyer’s home.
78. In 1976, the serial mugging murders of the so-called "Eye Disease Gang" in Busan.
79. In 1976, the "real" reason a filial-duty monk became a death row inmate for 17 years.
80. In 1977, a revenge killing of two members of the victim’s family, motivated by resentment over a prison sentence for rape.
81. In 1977, a brutal revenge killing of three people.
82. In 1977, "Mudeungsan Tarzan," who killed four demolition workers with a sledgehammer.
83. In 1978, a gang that carried out a series of attempted murders.
84. In 1979, a mentally ill person who suffocated four children to death by dumping them into a waste pit.
85. In 1978, the first kidnapping case of the young eldest daughter of a wealthy tycoon in Busan.
86. In 1979, the dismemberment murder of a cohabiting partner who had run away from home after being lured back in Busan.
87. In 1979, the murder and secret burial of an antique shop owner couple of "Geumdang" and their driver.
88. In 1979, the luring, murder, and secret burial of three village residents.
89. In 1980, a newlywed wife who dismembered and murdered her husband.
90. In 1981, the dismemberment murder and disposal of a former high school classmate out of jealousy.
91. In 1981, the second kidnapping case of the young eldest daughter of a wealthy tycoon in Busan.
92. In 1981, a group of sailors who killed four people during a mutiny aboard the deep-sea fishing vessel No. 143 in Hawaiian waters.
93. In 1981, a man who killed three in-laws in anger over being treated with disrespect.
94. In 1981, the truth dispute between an arsonist and a female owner after an arson attack at the Japanese restaurant "Cheongsong" that caused five deaths.
95. In 1981, the kidnapping and murder of a student at Gyeongseo Middle School in Seoul.
96. In 1981, an ex-boyfriend, enraged by his mistress running away, murdered her younger brother and, two days later, kidnapped and murdered another younger brother.
97. In 1982, an arson murder of four females—the abbot’s family, a mother and three daughters—at Eunbongam "Anjeongsa" temple.
98. In 1982, the Naengcheon-dong triple murder of three female cousins.
99. In 1982, a mass shooting massacre carried out by a police officer in Gungyu-myeon.
100. In 1982, a former client, embroiled in a land dispute, went to a law office, murdered a lawyer, and left the office manager critically injured.
101. In 1982, a brazen murder carried out during a residents’ meeting at the Hanshin Apartments in Jamwon-dong, Seoul.
102. In 1982, a con artist who serially murdered and secretly buried three people, including his wife and mistress.
103. In 1983, a man who murdered his father for property and attempted to kill a taxi driver who witnessed the crime.
104. In 1983, he tracked them down and murdered both, claiming his live-in partner had run away to live with another man.
105. In 1983, the first execution of a gang of home-wreckers who had not committed murder.
106. In 1983, a 16-year-old boy stabbed three neighboring children to death.
107. In 1983, he claimed innocence even after kidnapping and murdering his mistress’s son.
108. In 1983, a robbery-murder of a mother and daughter in Gocheok-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul.
109. In 1983, a shameless criminal who, with a friend, murdered a couple and then engaged in sexual acts with the bodies.
110. In 1983, the Yeongam murderer of three children.
111. In 1983, The Photographer of Death.
112. In 1984, after his live-in partner was arrested, he committed murder when exposed for running scams on her family under the pretext of legal fees.
113. In 1984, the serial murder of six women in Gyeryongsan, Gongju.
114. In 1984, a wife and an errand-service ring who murdered a husband by staging a traffic accident.
115. The 1984 stabbing attack on a mother and daughter by a convicted murderer.
116. The tragedy that occurred at the in-laws' home in 1984 >> subsequent reoffending.
117. In 1985, poison extortion threats targeting the heads of major conglomerates.
118. In 1985, the brutal murder by a felon convicted of robbery-murder at the Gyeongsan Cobalt Mine.
119. In 1985, the shooting death of a changed-heart lover with a handgun in front of the main gate of the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul.
120. In 1985, stormed into his in-laws' home and brutally murdered his mother-in-law and wife, and rap* his sister-in-law.
121. In 1985, a photo studio owner who instead forcibly molested and murdered a high school girl who came to retrieve her photos.
122. In 1985, an Army private who massacred eight barracks mates of the 28th Division.
123. In 1985, the "truth" behind a past murder conviction revealed by a charity volunteer on a broadcast.
124. In 1986, a series of robbery-murders targeting only dental clinics.
125. In 1986, the Seo-jin room salon mass murder tragedy.
126. In 1986, a fatal arson case involving a lover at the Geumyeo Inn in Busan.
127. In 1986, a vegetable importer who lured a businessman to a deodeok field and killed him by striking him with a pitchfork.
128. In 1986, the murderer of his pregnant lover.
129. In 1986, a Heungkuk Life Insurance Sinam branch agent who murdered a fellow insurance solicitor and stole approximately 4 million won.
130. In 1986, a series of robbery-murders targeting only coffee shops.
131. In 1987, a series of murders of three women, including a pregnant woman, on the streets of eastern Seoul.
132. In 1987, a gang responsible for a series of punch-and-run robbery-murders.
133. In 1987, a convicted murderer released on parole who killed a housewife.
134. In 1987, enraged over being confined to a psychiatric hospital and having his property taken, he murdered his aunt and her husband and attempted to kill his biological parents.
135. In 1987, brutal criminals who kidnapped a dating couple, killed the man and dumped his body in a reservoir, and gang-raped the woman.
136. In 1987, enraged by his remarried wife's affair, he murdered three members of his own family.
137. In 1987, a murderer who traveled nationwide committing a series of four murders and still spared his life.
138. In 1987, a kidnapper and rapist who committed the crime again after being released from prison.
139. In 1988, the Junggok-dong triple mother-and-sons murder in Seoul.
140. In 1988, a series of poison murders of relatives to have debts forgiven.
141. In 1988, killing an older brother vs. assisting suicide.
142. In 1988, a kidnap-murderer who turned himself in but was sentenced to death.
143. In 1988, driven by misogyny, he murdered two women over three days.
144. In 1988, an Army soldier who, enraged by hazing, shot and killed three people including a senior.
145. In 1988, a pastor who committed armed robbery murder with a handgun after his startup church fell into difficulty.
146. In 1989, an Army private first class who went to his lover's home after she changed her mind during his leave, massacred three family members, and still gained his freedom.
147. In 1989, the rape and murder of a middle school girl at Baekyangsan in Busan.
148. In 1989, a series of rapes of female students at Baekyangsan in Busan.
149. In 1989, the KAL airliner bombing incident.
150. In 1989, upon receiving a "death sentence," he "waived his appeal"… a robbery-murderer who went in and out of prison for 19 years.
151. In 1989, a brutal murder of an elementary school girl at Hakdong Elementary committed by a wealthy high school student.
152. In 1989, a series of seven robbery murders on the streets late at night.
153. In 1989, an unprecedentedly depraved offender who, not content with killing his stepfather, raped his biological mother and burned her to death.
154. In 1989, the godfather of methamphetamine.
155. The sentence received by a man who raped and murdered his nephew in 1989.
156. In 1989, a murder committed after being overcome by lust toward a teenage girl who was bringing meals to her parents working in the fields.
157. The 1989 rape and murder of a mother and daughter at a supermarket.
158. In 1989, a husband who murdered his lawful wife to live with his mistress >> later reoffended.
159. In 1989, a man who raped and murdered a 4-year-old girl committed another murder just three months after being paroled following 21 years in prison.
160. In 1989, the aftermath 18 years later of a boy who serially murdered three people, including the elderly and children, and secretly buried their bodies.
161. In 1990, a man who, enraged that his parents would not give him business funds, murdered and secretly buried his two young nephews.
162. In 1990, a man who raped and murdered his friend's lover and even attempted to burn his friend to death.
163. In 1990, a man who murdered his grandfather for refusing to give him business funds and raped his younger female cousins who witnessed the crime.
164. The 1990 Yangpyeong murder in which a family of four was buried alive.
165. In 1990, an adulterous couple who poisoned and killed a violent husband.
166. In 1990, the dismemberment murder of a mistress in Incheon.
167. In 1990, a man who, angered when his mistress returned to her family, went to her home and killed two people.
168. In 1990, the Saetbyeol Room Salon murder tragedy committed while fleeing prosecution for murder.
169. In 1990, a group involved in the kidnapping and murder of children.
170. In 1990, the execution of a criminal who randomly raped women, including married women and pregnant women.
171. In 1990, a series of arson murders targeting six elderly women living alone.
172. In 1990, a repeat offender who repeatedly committed robbery, rape, and murder targeting the elderly.
173. In 1990, a man who committed another murder immediately after being released following arrest for murder.
174. In 1990, a man who kidnapped a child for living expenses and beat the child to death with a stone.
175. 1990 Rap* and murder of a 6-year-old girl with polio.
176. 1990 Gang rap* and murder of a woman on her way home.
177. 1990 Child kidnapping and murder by a fake Soongeui Women's University student.
178. 1990 Rap*-murder of a female factory worker followed by arson.
179. 1990 Child kidnapping, rap*, and murder by a man in his 70s.
180. 1990 Busan Saemaeul Credit Union handgun robbery-murder.
181. 1990 Icheon air rifle murder solved after 25 years.
182. 1990 Arson resulting in death by an offender who repaid kindness with enmity over a few coins.
183. 1990 Perpetrator who lured a female student with cunning words, kidnapped her, and rap* and murdered her.
184. 1990 Active-duty police sergeant who shot and killed his wife and children, three in total, with a handgun.
185. 1990 Revenge murder of his partner’s father after harboring a grudge over her breakup notice.
186. 1990 Retaliatory murder against the victim’s family in Noryangjin.
187. 1990 Gangster who, resentful of a courtroom witness, stabbed and killed someone on the main road in front of the courthouse.
188. 1990 Married man who, resentful over a rejected marriage proposal, went to his lover, killed her, and seriously injured her family.
189. 1990 Cafe owner who killed a customer out of greed and dumped the body.
190. 1986 Rap* and murder of a young girl.
191. 1991 Arson murder involving the killing of three members of a family running a small neighborhood shop.
192. 1991 Court that pointed out the victim’s fault in a case involving the rap* and murder of a maternal aunt.
193. 1991 Random killings caused by a vehicle-ramming attack in Yeouido.
194. 1991 Mother who killed a creditor, forcibly seized a promissory note, and even involved her underage biological daughter in the crime.
195. In 1991, a police officer shot and killed four members of a neighboring family he held a grudge against.
196. In 1991, at night, he entered a neighbor’s home, killed the housewife with a clutch, and raped her young daughter, Kang*.
197. In 1991, a wife and her lover who poisoned and killed her husband.
198. In 1991, the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in Yongin.
199. In 1991, the killing of a cohabiting partner’s father with an air rifle.
200. In 1991, the kidnapping and rape-murder of a child.
201. In 1991, a man who, harboring resentment over neglect, killed his two older sisters and his brother-in-law.
202. In 1991, a kidnapper who abducted a child, put them into a bag while still alive, and drowned them.
203. In 1991, an adulterous couple who murdered the husband.
204. In 1991, the murder of a mistress and her two children in Seongnae-dong, Seoul.
205. In 1991, a woman who tracked down and killed a man who had raped her 20 years earlier in an act of revenge.
206. In 1991, a female student abducted with a crossbow and the perpetrator who was released from prison.
207. In 1991, a famous TV actor’s drunk-driving hit-and-run and body disposal case.
208. In 1991, a parricide who murdered his mother and younger brother and buried them secretly.
209. In 1991, a farming successor who set fire to a nightclub, causing the deaths of 16 people.
210. In 1991, a man who, under delusions that he was ordered to kill his family, wiped out his entire household.
211. In 1992, a robbery-murderer who killed a female bar owner pleading for her life at a small tavern.
212. In 1992, a woman who conspired with her boyfriend to kill her stepfather who had raped her since childhood.
213. In 1992, a little-known series of murders of female students.
214. In 1992, a young man who kidnapped and murdered a child after mistaking them for the offspring of a wealthy family.
215. In 1992, a driver plagued by gambling debts kidnapped and murdered his employer's high school-aged son and secretly buried the body.
216. In 1992, the massacre of the wife's family in Gongneung-dong, Seoul.
217. In 1992, a series of murders of acquaintances in Daegu.
218. In 1992, the murder of three siblings in Busan.
219. In 1992, the murder of a housewife in a peaceful apartment on a weekday morning.
220. In 1992, he sought out an acquaintance he had met in a hospital room and stabbed them to death multiple times with a knife.
221. In 1992, a murder incident between Pakistani groups.
222. In 1992, the Wonju Kingdom Hall arson tragedy.
223. In 1992, a private academy owner who kidnapped and murdered a tutor's young daughter.
224. In 1992, a gang responsible for a series of punch-and-robbery murders in Daegu.
225. In 1992, a son who, after repeated failures to arrange contract killings, personally shot and killed his father with an air rifle and dumped the body in the Han River.
226. In 1993, the murder and secret burial of an entire family in Jangwi-dong, Seoul.
227. In 1993, the murder of an elderly person in Gapyeong.
228. In 1993, the murder of a husband through gaslighting.
229. In 1993, a gang of accomplices with prior murder convictions who killed an entire family in Seokgwan-dong.
230. In 1993, a street tragedy involving a random stabbing rampage.
231. In 1993, an armed "Terminator" who carried out a shooting murder spree in the heart of Seoul.
232. In 1993, the dismemberment murder of a wife and two children.
233. In 1993, a restaurant owner who dismembered and murdered a former employee who had an affair with his wife.
234. In 1993, a housewife who killed her abusive husband and claimed self-defense.
235. The Truth Dispute Over the ‘Tongue Cutting’ Case of the Killer Who Raped and Murdered an Elementary School Student in 1993.
236. The Perpetrator Who Raped and Murdered a Friend’s Mother and Stole Money in 1993.
237. The Serial Murder Case With a Fierce Guilty-or-Not-Guilty Dispute in 1993.
238. A Young Man Who Shot His Former Employer With a Crossbow, Killed Him, and Set the Body on Fire in 1993.
239. A Mistress Who Conspired With Her Lover to Murder and Dispose of Her Husband in 1993.
240. Why He Escaped the Death Penalty Despite Killing Three People Including His Stepmother, Stepsister, and a Farm Manager in 1993.
241. A Surprise Group Murder of Senior Gang Members After Recruiting Underage Students in 1994.
242. The Jijeonpa Gang Responsible for Bizarre Murders in 1994.
243. Murdering a Security Guard to Steal Public Funds and Raping the Guard’s Young Daughter in 1994.
244. A Fraud Suspect on the Wanted List Who Conspired With Her Lover to Murder Her Husband in 1994.
245. A Wife and Her Lover Who Murdered the Husband After Their Affair Was Discovered in 1994.
246. A Crime Similar to the Hwaseong Serial Murders in 1994.
247. An Arson-Murderer Who Set Fire to His In-Laws’ Home in an Attempt to Wipe Them Out in 1994.
248. On the Run for 14 Years After Killing His Mistress and Her Son in 1994.
249. Killing Five People Including His Entire Family Due to Schizophrenia in 1994.
250. The Bongmyeong Industry Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Murder Case of 1994.
251. A Robbery-Murder of a Wealthy Family’s Daughter in a Romantic Relationship in 1994.
252. A Revenge Killing Motivated by Grudge Against a Witness in 1994.
253. The Golden Inn Mother-and-Daughter Dismemberment Murder Case of 1994.
254. A Series of Kidnapping Murders of Women Using a Stolen Taxi in 1994.
255. A notorious parricide who murdered his parents for their property in 1994.
256. An aunt who commissioned the murder of her nephew in 1994.
257. The 1994 Tongilho Train dismembered body of a woman case.
258. A convicted murderer who killed his girlfriend for refusing to reunite in 1994.
259. A convicted murderer who, harboring a grudge, tracked down and killed his former lover after she reunited with her husband following his release from prison in 1994.
260. The 1994 rape murder of a farm manager’s daughter, Kang*.
261. A 1994 case involving the kidnapping of a child, rape murder, and the disposal of the body in a wardrobe.
262. A 1994 child kidnapping and murder case that occurred in the hills of Ansan.
263. In 1994, after kidnapping and murdering an 11-year-old girl at Ssangdari Bridge, the perpetrator even attempted to abduct another girl.
264. A heinous criminal who raped and murdered a three-year-old child in 1994.
265. Additional crimes belatedly revealed in the 1994 Cheongju rape murder case of a sister-in-law.
266. The 1995 grotesque dismemberment murder of a female creditor.
267. The 1995 murder of a female creditor over debt collection.
268. In 1995, a man who killed his unfaithful lover’s live-in partner and dumped the body in a hilly area.
269. A 1995 crime of passion involving a mistress and her husband.
270. A 1995 robber who preyed on women.
271. A 1995 death caused by assault stemming from a dispute over accusations of being a communist.
272. A 1995 kidnap-murderer gripped by delusional disorder.
273. A university professor who murdered his father in 1995.
274. A brutal murder that took place at a hermitage in Gongju in 1995.
275. A Brutal Murder Committed on the Street with a Cement Block in 1995.
276. A Murder Case That Occurred on Baengnyeong Island in Ongjin in 1995.
277. A Teenage Boy Who Murdered His Friend’s Girlfriend in 1995.
278. A Murder Committed in 1995 to Fulfill a Request for His Older Sister’s Spirit Marriage Ceremony.
279. A Military Court Legal Battle of Young Men Who Murdered a Shop Owner in 1995.
280. The Suncheon Passenger Car Explosion Murder in 1995.
281. A Father Who Murdered His Three Children and Had His Death Sentence Commuted in 1995.
282. A Triple Family Murder Committed by a Gwangju Theological Seminary Student in 1995.
283. A Perpetrator Who R*ped a Wife in Front of Her Dying Husband Under Bright Lights in 1995.
284. A Group of Road Managers Who Murdered a Powerful Entertainment Industry Manager in 1995.
285. A Human Trafficking Ring That Kidnapped Two Children and Committed Murder and R*pe in 1995.
286. The New World Hotel Mass Murder Incident in 1995.
287. A Series of Murders and Secret Burial of a Gang Member Who Betrayed the Anyang AP Gang and His Live-in Girlfriend in 1995.
288. The Miryang Hostess Bar Stabbing Incident in 1996.
289. A Couple Who Murdered and Abandoned the Person from Whom They Took Over a Fish-Shaped Pastry Stall in 1996.
290. A Group of Convicted Killers Who Murdered Three People from the Ondal Couple in Daegu in 1996.
291. The Sentence Given to a Father Who Killed His Immoral Son Who Was Drunkenly Rampaging in 1996.
292. Two Murders Committed Three Hours Apart in 1996.
293. The Jecheon Extramarital Lover R*pe and Drowning Case in 1996.
294. An Incident in 1996 Where Stolen Commercial Taxis Were Used to Lure Women and Commit R*pe or Attempted Murder.
295. A mass shooting that occurred at the Cheorwon GOP front line in 1996.
296. In 1996, the Bongcheon-dong three-mother-and-son random murders driven by social resentment.
297. In 1996, a shotgun-armed robbery murderer committed additional killings while on the run.
298. In 1996, a gang of "Makgapa" criminals who buried a hostess alive at a private karaoke bar.
299. In 1996, a man betrayed his cohabiting partner who met him one last time and murdered her young daughter.
300. In 1996, someone targeting children in a Gangnam apartment complex.
301. In 1996, an attempted mass murder at the 25th Platoon of the Yanggu GOP.
302. In 1996, crimes committed by a female-targeting robber after being released from prison.
303. The 1996 Pesca Ma-ho onboard mutiny incident.
304. The 1996 Chohung Bank attack incident.
305. In 1996, a mysterious death that occurred on the quiet island of Ulleungdo.
306. In 1996, a woman who killed six people by arson.
307. In 1997, the abduction and r*pe of a female student and the serial murder of three family members.
308. The 1997 Andong case of two young children who went missing and were murdered.
309. In 1997, a series of four murders in the Dong-gu area of Daegu.
310. In 1997, a pregnant woman kidnapped and murdered a young girl.
311. In 1997, a dismemberment murderer and arsonist described as the "pinnacle of brutality."
312. In 1997, a brutal triple family murder committed by an unemployed father.
313. In 1997, the robbery-murder of a bakery owner couple.
314. In 1997, an incident involving indiscriminate r*pe and murder while traveling nationwide.
315. In 1997, a large amount of bloodstains found in a car connected to a missing woman.
316. In 1997, a brutal murder that occurred at Seora Apartments in Hwasun.
317. In 1997, horrific acts committed multiple times against a young girl inside a cargo truck.
318. In 1997, a murder committed over being ignored.
319. In 1997, a "best friend" who lured and murdered his friend's girlfriend to relieve his friend's worries.
320. In 1997, he followed a woman he met at a market to her home and murdered her while attempting to rape her.
321. In 1997, a man who traveled nationwide committing robbery causing injury, robbery resulting in murder, and aggravated theft.
322. In 1997, he murdered his lover solely because she refused to have sex.
323. In 1997, a thug who barged in without warning and caused his sister-in-law's death.
324. In 1997, together with an accomplice, he killed the accomplice's girlfriend and buried her, then went on to murder the accomplice as well.
325. In 1997, a husband blinded by money who killed his wife's friend and gambled.
326. In 1997, a vicious criminal who murdered two police officers.
327. In 1997, the reason a family patriarch who, consumed by delusions of persecution, shot and killed three members of his own family escaped punishment.
328. In 1997, the murder of three members of his own family.
329. In 1997, the Itaewon murder case.
330. In 1997, a group that finally succeeded in killing a friend who had made money selling cigarettes after attempting to murder him multiple times.
331. In 1998, suspicions of additional crimes by a man who murdered a motel clerk over a trivial reason.
332. In 1998, the Daegu Bank 365 Corner murder committed by a deserter sergeant.
333. In 1998, the courtroom battle of a deserter accused of murdering a video rental shop owner.
334. In 1998, a man who murdered his wife as well as his two daughters if they interfered with his sexual activity.
335. 1998: Four relatives who ran a gold and jewelry shop were murdered.
336. 1998: A man who, in a rage during a marital fight, killed three members of his family.
337. 1998: Serial murders of taxi drivers.
338. 1998: A suspect in an unsolved murder case after killing a senior and going on the run for a long time.
339. 1998: A brutal murder so cruel it was hard to believe it was committed by minors.
340. 1998: A man who serially murdered his wife and a coworker.
341. 1998: A neighboring man who raped and murdered a 6-year-old girl.
342. 1998: The first domestic case to apply a murder charge in a child abuse death.
343. 1998: The Huam-dong arson murder case that accepted testimony from a "4-year-old girl".
344. 1998: A sailor who raped and murdered a female bar employee.
345. 1998: A murderer placed on a public wanted list.
346. 1998: The Bucheon "Murder Video" case.
347. 1998: A terrifying wife who killed her domestically abusive husband and buried him in cement.
348. 1998: A man who does not remember committing a murder while heavily intoxicated.
349. 1998: An ethnic Korean Chinese man who killed a police officer who came to arrest him during a home robbery.
350. 1998: A tenant who killed the landlord over overdue deposit payments and burned the body.
351. 1998: A son who hired ethnic Korean Chinese hitmen to kill his biological father and stepmother, like the film "The Yellow Sea".
352. 1998: The hostage murder of a landlord’s entire family.
353. 1998: A gang of juvenile offenders involved in a group robbery murder.
354. 1998: A serial killer who murdered three women by abusing a suspension of detention due to glaucoma.
355. In 1998, a sailor who lured a boy and a girl onto a boat, committed horrific acts, tied them to an anchor, and threw them into the sea.
356. In 1998, a man who murdered his wife who urged him to divorce, his father-in-law, and even his second son.
357. In 1998, the perpetrator of the murder of a housewife in her 30s at an apartment in Sanggye-dong, Seoul, remained a mystery for a full 18 years.
358. In 1998, a group of minors who murdered the mother of a renowned comic artist.
359. In 1998, the CEO of a shell company who dismembered and murdered a female accountant.
360. In 1998, a perpetrator who kidnapped and murdered a boy using methods learned from a wealthy kidnapper.
361. In 1999, the killer of a father-in-law and two sons.
362. In 1999, the killer of an older sister.
363. In 1999, a retaliatory murder of an uncle and aunt driven by obsession with a younger female cousin.
364. In 1999, the Hero Gang involved in grotesque murders.
365. In 1999, a shotgun murder of a newlywed couple over a road rage dispute about overtaking.
366. In 1999, an arsonist who murdered a debtor's four young children.
367. In 1999, meticulously planned serial murders and clandestine burials.
368. In 1999, a contract killing over a business.
369. In 1999, a shocking twist in the case of a man who murdered his pregnant girlfriend for refusing an abortion.
370. In 1999, a son who, harboring resentment over opposition to his marriage, murdered his parents who ran a pharmacy and set it on fire.
371. In 1999, a cold-blooded ethnic Korean from China who murdered a mother and daughter and raped the daughter's friend.
372. In 1999, blinded by lust after seeing a woman on her way home, he raped her and beat her to death with chunks of cement.
373. In 1999, he brutally murdered his pregnant girlfriend after she refused his demand for an abortion.
374. In 1999, a murderer who kidnapped and killed an elderly couple, fled, and brazenly committed rape as well.
375. In 1999, a heartless gang that rap*ed and murdered even a woman driven to despair.
376. In 1999, the rap* and murder of a motel employee.
377. In 1999, after murdering a bar hostess who refused sex, the body was dumped in a water tank.
378. In 1999, a kidnapping murderer who lured a child with a puppy.
379. In 1999, a story in which a minor traffic accident escalated into a murder case.
380. In 1999, a serial murder of three people, both men and women.
381. In 1999, an incident in which two police officers were killed after being shot by a high school student during the suppression of a hostage situation.
382. In 1999, a despicable scum who not only killed a child in front of the child’s mother but also committed rap*.
383. In 1999, an escapee from Busan Prison.
384. In 1999, a boy who murdered his friend’s girlfriend and even set the house on fire.
385. In 1999, a man who murdered his wife and concealed her body for 12 years.
386. In 1999, unknown.
387. In 1999, South Korea’s first case in which a wife’s dismemberment murderer was caught using computer-based skull reconstruction.
388. In 1999, a brutal murder among Russian women in the Itaewon nightlife industry.
389. In 1999, a tragic incident of a deadly weapon rampage at a gambling table.
390. In 1999, an ethnic Korean Chinese who poisoned an acquaintance couple to death and even set their house on fire.
391. In 1999, the murder of a child for no reason at a playground.
392. In 1999, a university professor who murdered his wife and son after she refused divorce in order to be with his mistress, then set the house on fire.
393. In 1999, the behind-the-scenes story revealed 17 years later of a man who murdered his girlfriend after she announced a breakup.
394. In 1999, a serial killer who broke into wealthy households in the Busan area and murdered nine people.
395. In 2000, a video store owner who took pleasure in raping women.
396. In 2000, a repeat offender who murdered his sister-in-law and her daughter in Suncheon.
397. In 2000, the perpetrator who successively murdered his wife, his mistress and her child, and a friend.
398. In 2000, a cold-blooded father who buried his two young daughters and two nieces in a reservoir with their car to collect insurance money.
399. In 2000, a Chinese man who targeted and murdered only women returning home at night.
400. In 2000, a beer hall employee who targeted and murdered only women.
401. In 2000, a robber-murderer who killed three elderly people and then committed arson.
402. In 2000, the Taean murder of a mother and her three daughters.
403. In 2000, a three-victim serial killer who wielded a deadly weapon whenever enraged.
404. In 2000, the Gwacheon dismemberment murder of parents.
405. In 2000, a repeat offender who murdered an undertaker couple.
406. In 2000, a gang that murdered two people, including an arcade owner, to seize control of an adult arcade.
407. In 2000, a heinous criminal who murdered two women a day apart and mutilated parts of the bodies.
408. In 2000, an uncle-and-nephew gang that kidnapped women, raped them in the hills, and killed them by stabbing their thighs with a weapon.
409. In 2000, the reason a robber-rapist suddenly turned into a robber-murderer.
410. In 2000, the elevator murder of a middle school girl.
411. In 2000, killing two members of his girlfriend’s family out of spite after being refused marriage.
412. In 2000, a nationwide spree of robbery, theft, and sexual crimes.
413. In 2000, a cold-blooded biological mother who killed her young daughter due to family discord.
414. In 2000, a father-in-law and daughter-in-law who killed a four-year-old daughter because she was considered an interference with sexual relations.
415. In 2000, a dismemberment murderer who said, "I killed after resolving to commit a sex crime."
416. The Boramae Park dismemberment murder in 2000.
417. A case in 2000 in which women's groups rose up over injuries caused by domestic violence.
418. The 2000 incident in which a Haedong Kumdo instructor severed a passerby's arm.
419. In 2000, an unprecedented parricide who even murdered his father, who had taken the blame for beating his mother to death.
420. In 2000, a brutal execution carried out between foreigners in a peaceful village.
421. In 2000, the murder of a female café owner and sexual acts committed on the corpse.
422. In 2000, Ulleungdo's first murder in 20 years.
423. In 2000, a dismemberment murder committed by a butcher shop owner.
424. In 2000, an Army private who murdered his lover and secretly buried the body during leave.
425. In 2000, the shocking identities of the "most-wanted suspects" in the Sinan women's murder case.
426. In 2000, a taxi driver who committed robbery-murder against a female passenger in his cab.
427. In 2000, a heinous criminal who committed murder and sex crimes against a dating couple.
428. In 2000, a college student who lured 85 women via chat and then committed sex crimes.
429. In 2000, serial murders aimed at insurance payouts.
430. In 2000, suspicions of additional crimes by the Incheon sisters' murderer.
431. In 2000, the murder of a lover met at church.
432. In 2000, a dispute over splitting proceeds that escalated into a serial murder leaving four dead.
433. In 2000, a group that broke into the home of a local lawyer's parents and committed robbery-murder.
434. In 2001, the Gochang serial murders of minors, "Someone is targeting children."
435. 2001 arson-murder of two women in an apartment in Seongbuk-dong, Seoul.
436. 2001 abduction and dismemberment murder of a 4-year-old girl at Jungnangcheon, Seoul.
437. 2001 gangster who murdered two people over 13 years for being annoying.
438. 2001 brutal murder that occurred at a snack shop in front of Bongnae Falls on Ulleungdo.
439. 2001 cold-blooded husband who murdered his wife to live with his mistress and dumped the body in a bag.
440. 2001 Daejeon three-mother-and-daughters hostage murder suspect.
441. 2001 serial murder of three elderly people over 10 years.
442. 2001 merciless beating and murder of a two-month-old infant daughter solely because she was not a son.
443. 2001 Army officer imprisoned for a series of rapes of women who deserted and murdered an 18-year-old female student.
444. 2001 public service worker who murdered a woman and sexually assaulted the corpse.
445. 2001 high school student who seized a gun and murdered a police officer.
446. 2001 middle school student who murdered a younger sibling with an axe.
447. 2001 instructor who used his own student to murder his brother-in-law, a private academy director, and even caused her mother to be murdered.
448. 2001 rape and murder of a neighboring apartment woman he had long desired, followed by the murder of an upstairs child for being annoying.
449. 2001 robber-murderer who approached the mountain village girl 'Young-ja' to prey on her family's support funds.
450. 2001 rapist who murdered a conscripted auxiliary police officer during an inspection.
451. 2001 espionage 'Sujikim' false accusation murder case.
452. 2001 robbery-rape gang that shocked the nation.
453. 2001 Army private first class who, instead of returning after leave, traveled nationwide committing serial murders.
454. 2001 Naju Deuldeul River high school girl murder.
455. In 2001, an Army major who murdered his wife and disposed of her body.
456. In 2001, the rape-murder of a bar madam.
457. In 2001, unidentified.
458. In 2001, the rape-murder of a female arcade employee after stopping a game.
459. In 2001, murdering his wife by burning her alive over suspicions of an affair.
460. In 2002, a criminal who framed others for both murders.
461. In 2002, an insurance planner who slaughtered a family of three in Anseong.
462. In 2002, murdering six women over ten days using a disguised taxi.
463. In 2002, a serial rapist aided by women.
464. In 2002, a female victim who assisted a serial rapist.
465. In 2002, the arson murder of a family of four at Jungmisan Recreation Forest in Yangpyeong.
466. In 2002, a group that killed two people, including an in-law who pressed for debt repayment, and burned the bodies in oil drums.
467. In 2002, a family patriarch guilty of "intrafamilial sexual crimes" who slaughtered a family of four in Jamsil, Seoul.
468. In 2002, a serial killer who plundered women in the Ulsan area, claiming "the death penalty is unjust".
469. In 2002, a college student with a "prior murder conviction" who killed his maternal uncle and framed his aunt by marriage.
470. In 2002, a college student who killed his father and grandmother with a weapon made from a ski pole over conflicts about entering a prestigious university.
471. In 2002, the murder of a mother and two daughters in Yangyang.
472. In 2002, an Arirang-chigi gang that brutally tortured intoxicated passersby in a series of attacks and killed three of them.
473. In 2002, an Arirang-chigi gang that committed a punch-robbery murder.
474. In 2002, a trio falsely accused of serial murder.
475. The origin of the 2002 Seoul Eungam-dong housing "ghost" urban legend.
476. The 2002 cases of "Two missing elementary school girls in Gangjin" and "Brother-in-law who murdered his brother-in-law."
477. A 2002 grotesque rape murder of a woman returning home.
478. In 2002, the murder of an older brother and his wife who suspected his wife's disappearance.
479. Over three years, in 2002, a man who murdered his wife and his mistress and lived atop their buried bodies.
480. In 2002, a high school student who murdered his pregnant girlfriend.
481. In 2002, a repeat offender who committed another murder in anger after learning that his live-in partner had sexual relations with men she met through chat rooms.
482. In 2002, the motive behind a man's murder of a woman he had never met before.
483. The 2002 murder case that became the origin of the "Jayuro urban legend."
484. Unknown, 2002.
485. In 2002, a grotesque murder of a woman on her way home.
486. In 2002, the murder of a wife who came home late.
487. In 2002, after attempting to murder his ex-lover by planting explosives at her workplace, he killed an innocent building caretaker and then attempted another murder.
488. In 2002, a company CEO who, blinded by insurance money, registered a homeless person as a company director, took out insurance, and then murdered him.
489. In 2002, luring a car salesperson by pretending to buy a vehicle, then committing a rape murder inside the car.
490. In 2002, inspired by a novel about murder, he administered an anesthetic to an unsuspecting woman on the subway and killed her.
491. In 2002, a random murder of women returning home, saying, "I want to kill as many women as my age."
492. In 2002, an Arirangchi gang that committed a series of murders, including two victims such as a university dean.
493. In 2002, murdering a Korean-Chinese mistress with a pickaxe, dismembering the body, and dumping the remains.
494. The 2002 Hanam Geomdansan contract killing case of a female college student.
495. A murder committed for no reason on a Mugunghwa train in 2003.
496. The terrifying pastor in Gimhae in 2003.
497. A student on leave who murdered his mother and grandmother over credit card debt conflicts in 2003.
498. The "Hongdae urban legend" said to target only women on rainy days in 2003.
499. The Daegu subway arson disaster of 2003.
500. The serial murder of two women met through chatting over three days in 2003.
501. A husband who was killed while trying to protect his wife from a robber-murderer in 2003.
502. The kidnapping and murder of a female college student in Gangnam in 2003.
503. A sadistic murder involving the sexual exploitation of a minor at a motel in 2003.
504. Unknown in 2003.
505. A contract killing of a whistleblower using gangsters, followed by secret burial, in 2003.
506. Sexual crimes targeting only young children in 2003.
507. A grotesque rape-murder of a female supermarket owner in 2003.
508. An ungrateful perpetrator who broke into a former boss's home and murdered a mother and son in 2003.
509. After serving time for murder, committing murder again without coming to one’s senses in 2003.
510. A habitual sex offender who targeted only children in 2003.
511. A heartless perpetrator who murdered a woman met through chatting to settle debts and even burned the body in 2003.
512. Unknown in 2003.
513. Unknown in 2003.
514. The murder of an elderly person solely for refusing a request for a loan in 2003.
515. 2003 Secretly buried after robbing and murdering his girlfriend.
516. 2003 Murder of a man and a woman in an apartment.
517. 2003 Robbery and murder at a hermitage in Chuncheon.
518. 2003 The price paid by a son who murdered his father.
519. 2003 Whoever encounters this man dies.
520. 2003 A husband who, enraged by his wife's runaway, set fire to his in-laws' home and caused a tragedy.
521. 2003 An unprecedented case in which a repeat murderer killed two women after being released from prison.
522. 2003 Targeted and murdered only women business owners who were alone.
523. 2003 Murder committed after declaring he would kill anyone who caught his eye.
524. 2003 A homeless man who murdered a woman by pushing her onto the tracks at Hyehwa Station, causing her to be run over by a train.
525. 2003 A suspect in a three-person arson death case who committed suicide one year after being released as innocent.
526. 2003 A trailer truck driver who set fire to an apartment, killing three people.
527. 2003 A heartless group that dismembered a male stranger and took commemorative photos as if enjoying it.
528. 2003 An ethnic Korean from China who serially murdered and abandoned two women.
529. 2003 A high school student who went beyond attacking women and rape*-murdered a 6-year-old girl.
530. 2003 The pseudo-religion "Yeongsaenggyo," whose serial murders of defected members were revealed.
531. 2003 The owner of a waterproofing company who, in a fit of rage, set his house on fire and killed four people.
532. 2003 A "little aunt" who fell in love with her nephew who had rape*d her and crossed a point of no return.
533. 2003 After participating in crimes that killed innocent citizens through torture during the student movement era, he went on a spree of serial rape* murders after release.
534. 2003 Serial murders of 20 people, including wealthy Seoul residents, street vendors, and prostitutes.
535. 2003 Serial murders of three people, including a black-market dollar dealer couple.
536. 2003 Jealousy-driven murder of three family members of a female high school classmate.
537. 2003 Murdered his wife and mistress in succession.
538. 2003 A university adjunct lecturer who massacred three in-laws, including his wife, in a "Tragedy brought on by lies."
539. 2003 Ulsan serial murders and secret burial.
540. 2003 An Army private who brutally killed a senior soldier and even set a fire.
541. 2003 A delivery driver who set fire to a foundry, causing a disaster.
542. 2003 A defector who raped and murdered a 6-year-old girl.
543. 2003 Jeonju Ssajeondari gambler serial murders.
544. 2003 Threw two children off Dongjak Bridge and then said, "Sins can be washed away."
545. 2003 Gumi boy kidnapping and murder.
546. 2003 A male defector who killed three people, including his mistress, in an apartment, crossed to North Korea, and then informed on fellow defectors in the same situation.
547. 2004 Kidnapped a 9-year-old girl and raped her dozens of times while holding her captive for about two years.
548. 2004 Kidnapped and murdered an acquaintance's son.
549. 2004 Brutal murder of a female student in a public phone booth.
550. 2004 A brutal murder tragedy that occurred in a house.
551. 2004 Kidnapping and murder of a traffic accident victim.
552. 2004 The identity of the perpetrator in the Itaewon clothing shop female owner murder case.
553. 2004 A fire-kiln rape and murder case of a woman committed by deaf perpetrators in Chuncheon.
554. 2004 A heinous criminal who murdered a mother in front of her child.
555. The 2004 Geoje insurance planner kidnapping, murder, and body disposal case.
556. The murderer who killed two police officers dispatched after a report in 2004.
557. Unknown in 2004.
558. The horrific torture inflicted on an innocent female student as a rehearsal for murder in 2004.
559. Unknown in 2004.
560. A Korean man executed in China in 2004 for dismemberment murder.
561. The 2004 villa robbery-murder committed by a mother and son.
562. A repeat offender who murdered a fellow inmate from the same prison intake and burned the body in 2004.
563. Unknown in 2004.
564. The sentence given in 2004 to a father who beat his young son to death.
565. A brutal torture murder that occurred in a study room operated by the JMS Foundation in 2004.
566. The 2004 Yesan Seongnakwon axe rampage that left eight people dead.
567. A husband who beat his wife to death and burned her body in a furnace in 2004.
568. A mother and son who committed serial arson in a residential area in 2004.
569. The murder and abandonment of a female student met through compensated dating in 2004.
570. A boy who nearly suffered a wrongful murder accusation in 2004.
571. The 2004 murder of a workplace colleague of a mistress’s son.
572. A group that consecutively murdered an insurance planner and a taxi driver in Mokpo in 2004.
573. An accomplice who committed a robbery-murder at a hometown supermarket in 2004 while on leave as a corporal.
574. A murderer who repaid kindness with betrayal in 2004.
575. In 2004, a serial killer who murdered 13 people, including children, minors, and women, and seriously injured 20 others.
576. On her birthday in 2004, a woman was murdered by Kang*beom, who posed as a gas meter reader.
577. In 2004, a parricide who won first prize in the lottery.
578. The 2004 Pocheon insurance planner murder case.
579. A 2004 murder case that did not receive a single line of news coverage.
580. The 2004 murder of a correctional officer at Daejeon Prison.
581. A 2004 robbery-murder of a woman driving a foreign luxury car.
582. A 2004 murder committed after witnessing a woman in her 40s having an affair.
583. Suspicions of hidden additional crimes by the perpetrators of the 2004 Seokchon-dong pawnshop murder.
584. In 2004, the kidnapping of an infant in Pyeongtaek, the murder of the biological mother, and clandestine burial.
585. A brutal murder committed by a previously convicted murderer on the ridge of the back mountain in Hongje-dong in 2005.
586. The final words left just before suicide by the ringleader of the 2005 Cheonan serial murders of drivers.
587. The 2005 Cheongju serial murders of women.
588. A woman who poisoned her own daughter to death at a swimming pool in 2005.
589. In 2005, a parricide who murdered their parents.
590. A courtroom battle over the dismembered remains of a landlord in 2005.
591. A South Korean Army noncommissioned officer who killed his wife during an argument in 2005.
592. The connection between the "Yongin female vehicle luring murder case" and the "Hwaseong female college student unsolved murder case" in 2005.
593. In 2005, a neighboring man who murdered his bride-to-be neighbor, Kang*.
594. In 2005, the "Red Riding Hood" gang that violated dozens of women.
595. In 2005, a two-man team that repeatedly kidnapped women using a vehicle and committed sexual crimes.
596. In 2005, after fearing that the rape of a minor would be exposed, set fire to the victim's home and killed two people.
597. In 2005, a murderer killed again while on the run.
598. In 2005, a son-in-law who murdered his brother-in-law and mother-in-law.
599. In 2005, a brutal stabbing murder that occurred in an apartment.
600. In 2005, the killer of three family members who pleaded in court to be sentenced to death.
601. In 2005, an alcoholic patient who threw a Molotov cocktail at Incheon Eunhye Hospital, killing four staff members.
602. In 2005, a sex offender who carried out a series of murders targeting only female owners of beer halls.
603. In 2005, the killing of three members of his disabled older brother's family.
604. In 2005, a group that kidnapped and murdered an elementary school girl.
605. In 2005, an internet cafe contract killing case.
606. In 2005, the Busan case in which the body of an elementary school girl was found in a wardrobe.
607. In 2005, a murder committed by a man for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of his missing live-in girlfriend.
608. In 2005, the Korea Pipeline Corporation murder case.
609. In 2005, the murder case involving the severing of a live-in boyfriend's genitals.
610. In 2005, a group that buried an ex-lover alive and killed her to avoid repaying debts.
611. In 2005, a case involving the murder of one's mother and abandonment of the body.
612. In 2005, the murder of a mother with Parkinson's disease and an elderly landlady.
613. In 2005, a husband who threatened his wife with a weapon and forced her to drink pesticide, ultimately causing her death.
614. In 2005, a life-sentenced inmate attempted to rape and murder a female teacher in prison.
615. 2005 Murder and Secret Burial of a Female Discount Gift Certificate Dealer
616. 2005 Murder of a Prison Senior Who Criticized Him for Leaving Without New Year’s Greetings
617. 2005 Unknown
618. 2005 Dismemberment Murderer Who Disposed of His Older Brother’s Friend at Sea in Seogwipo
619. 2005 Unknown
620. 2005 Murder of a Female Restaurant Owner While Drinking Together at a Restaurant
621. 2005 Employee Who Sexually Assaulted and Murdered a Female Customer at a Beer Hall
622. 2005 Dismemberment Murderer Who Dumped His Mistress’s Body in a Lake and Seized All Her Valuables
623. 2005 Brutal Murder After Wielding a Weapon When His Estranged Wife’s Family Came to Collect Belongings During Divorce Proceedings
624. 2005 Brutal Murder of a High School Student After an Argument
625. 2005 Head of Household Who Poisoned and Killed His Wife and Three Sons for Insurance Money and Then Set the House on Fire
626. 2005 Convicted Killer Who Murdered and Hid the Body of a Karaoke Hostess
627. 2005 Case in Which a Partner in a Large-Scale Financial Fraud Was Murdered and Blamed for All Crimes
628. 2005 Perpetrator Who Attempted Sexual Assault on a Woman Dying After Being Stabbed by His Own Knife
629. 2005 Man and Woman Who Kidnapped, Assaulted, and Murdered a Woman in Her 20s Over 45 Days
630. 2005 Sexual Assault and Injury of a Village Resident
631. 2005 High School Student Who Committed Murder During a Restaurant Robbery and Even Desecrated the Corpse
632. 2005 Foreman Murder at a Shipyard in Geoje
633. 2005 Yeoncheon GOP Shooting Rampage Killing 8 Soldiers
634. 2005 Murder of Wife and Two Children, Three Victims in Total, in a Fit of Rage After a Marital Fight
635. Necrophiliac who committed sexual acts after murdering a woman in 2005.
636. Female serial killer exposed in 2005 who murdered for insurance money.
637. Taxi driver who murdered a stewardess in Seongnam in 2005.
638. Dismemberment murder of a live-in boyfriend in 2005.
639. Attempted murder by a Mokpo Prison inmate in 2006.
640. Kidnapping and murder of a female pharmacist in Iksan in 2006.
641. Serial murders of three women in their 20s in southwestern Gyeonggi Province in 2006.
642. Kidnapping and murder of three people, including a housewife, in Chuncheon in 2006.
643. Army private who shot and killed a senior soldier in Gapyeong in 2006.
644. The 'Daejeon Balbari' who violated over 100 women, along with other similar offenders arrested around the same time in 2006.
645. So-called 'Mapo Balbari' who raped 19 women and children in northwestern Seoul in 2006.
646. Kidnapping and murder of an elementary school girl at a shoe store in Yongsan, Seoul, in 2006.
647. Identity of the perpetrator who serially raped children in Pocheon in 2006.
648. Kidnapping, rape, and murder of a female high school student in Daegu in 2006.
649. Ex-convict who murdered his three family members after his sexual crimes were exposed in 2006.
650. Serial killer who lured and murdered three women using job advertisements in 2006.
651. Degenerate who, with accomplices, confined and raped his younger sister and even murdered his mother in 2006.
652. Business owner who, enraged by the excessive misconduct of karaoke customers, killed them all and disposed of the bodies in 2006.
653. Disgraceful murder case of a Chinese female college student in 2006.
654. Family patriarch who murdered his adulterous wife and two daughters in 2006.
655. In 2006, the story of a Japanese restaurant kitchen chef who followed and murdered an unfamiliar woman with a weapon.
656. In 2006, harboring the intent to kill a woman, he struck her with a plastic crate and killed her.
657. In 2006, three people, including a sister-in-law and two nephews, were murdered in Bulgwang-dong, Seoul.
658. In 2006, he went to a hospital and randomly murdered a nurse.
659. In 2006, an arson murder of a girlfriend’s family of four in Daegu.
660. In 2006, an elementary school student was murdered by an older acquaintance met at a taekwondo gym.
661. In 2006, a company executive consecutively murdered the company’s CEO and a division head.
662. In 2006, a group of sons-in-law killed their father-in-law and robbed the in-laws’ home.
663. In 2006, the murder of a female high school student sparked by voyeurism.
664. In 2006, an incident in which four people died in a fire set in a fit of rage.
665. In 2006, a brutal husband burned his wife to death.
666. In 2006, a mentally ill parricide killed his parents and attempted to kill his older brother.
667. In 2006, an arsonist set fire to an unlicensed welfare facility, killing four people.
668. In 2006, a husband coercively drove his wife to suicide.
669. In 2006, a housewife, at the height of depression, brutally murdered her son with a weapon and even attempted to kill her daughter.
670. In 2006, an accomplice provided poison to a female high school student met on a suicide website, causing her death.
671. In 2006, he murdered his ex-girlfriend and her mother after she announced a breakup.
672. In 2006, a man set his house on fire to collect insurance money, killing his father and his own son.
673. In 2006, the brutal murder of a debtor mother and daughter.
674. In 2006, unknown.
675. A group that murdered a creditor and secretly buried the body in 2006.
676. The 2006 rape and murder of a traditional teahouse owner.
677. The 2006 murder of the chairman of a Daejeon bus company.
678. A husband in 2006 who intimidated his wife to the point of driving her to suicide.
679. A seller in 2006 who assisted a high school girl he met on a suicide website by providing dangerous items, leading her to commit suicide.
680. A North Korean defector who brutally murdered a restaurant owner in 2006.
681. A man in 2006 who committed insurance fraud and ended up causing his father's actual death.
682. A 2006 case in which an assailant attempted to rape a bar owner, murdered her, and set the house on fire to destroy evidence.
683. In 2006, after being reported for adultery by the lover’s husband, the perpetrator murdered the mistress.
684. A group in 2006 that lured a businessman in Indonesia, brutally tortured him, and murdered him.
685. A 2006 murderer of a pregnant woman.
686. The 2006 murder of an unfaithful wife.
687. Unknown, 2006.
688. A 1992 crime of passion murder involving a woman.
689. In 2006, poisoning and murdering a neighborhood acquaintance who threatened to report the perpetrator for theft.
690. In 2006, a severely intoxicated driver who, after being stopped for drunk driving, sped off while a police officer was clinging to the vehicle, causing the officer’s death.
691. In 2006, after being rejected by a junior he had a crush on, the perpetrator held a grudge and murdered her mother and younger sister.
692. Poisoning for insurance money in 2006.
693. In 2006, devastated by a breakup with his girlfriend, the perpetrator murdered an unrelated resident.
694. A rapist in 2006 who assaulted and raped a pregnant woman, causing a miscarriage.
695. 2006 Seoul Mangwudong Wife Dismemberment Murder.
696. In 2006, a parolee serving life imprisonment for "serial sex crimes" committed the same crime again and was sentenced to life imprisonment once more.
697. In 2006, a "lay preacher" by day… a "flasher" by night.
698. In 1994, a young man who killed a man who was harassing his mother.
699. In 1993, a sailor who murdered a ship captain.
700. 1988, Newlywed Housewife Kang*.
701. Kim Deok*.
702. Kang Hyun*.

Volume Composition.

Volume 1: Murder and Serial Murder.

Volume 2: Robbery, Abduction, Mass Murder, Rape*, Parricide.

Volume 3: Murder by Solicitation, Retaliation, Crimes of Passion, Manslaughter, Other Crimes.

*The book images above are for reference only. This reward is provided as a PDF file.

Sample Manuscript.

Uncle Lee Dong-ryong Who Drowned His Young Nephews.

Case Overview.

Lee Dong-ryong (35 at the time), who was deeply distressed by remaining unmarried well into his thirties, not only broke up with his live-in partner Ms. Lee due to his parents' opposition—citing that she shared the same surname and ancestral origin as him, worked at a coffee shop, and was excessively wasteful—but also, after quitting his job as a dump truck driver around December 1989, paid a 2 million won deposit to an automobile company to purchase a dump truck with plans to start his own business. However, he was unable to secure the remaining 2 million won, resulting in a delivery delay of over a year. During this time, he harbored resentment, believing it to be extreme discrimination that his parents did nothing for him while providing business funding only to his older brother.
As his dissatisfaction boiled over, Lee Dong-ryong's resentment turned toward his parents' beloved young nephews. Around 13:00 on December 24, 1990, he pretended to take a test drive to purchase a vehicle at a used car dealership in Sinjeong 3-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan, and drove a van that the dealership had entrusted to him to the vicinity of his nephews' home in Ya-eum-dong. He called his nephew and niece, Lee (11 at the time) and Lee (9), telling them, "I'll buy you something delicious, let's go out," lured them into the car, and drove to Mosan Reservoir in Mosan Village (formerly Mosan Village), Dongcheon-ri, Ungchon-myeon, Ulju-gun, Gyeongnam (now Dongcheon-ri, Cheongnyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan Metropolitan City), a place he had previously scouted while going fishing.
Lee Dong-ryong planned to lure his nephews to a sparsely populated, steep, and slippery embankment to drown them. At around 15:30 that day, he led his nephew Lee to an embankment with a steep slope and a water depth of about 2 meters. Even after seeing him fall into the water, he made no attempt to rescue him. Instead, he suddenly grabbed the sleeve of his niece Lee, who was walking ahead, pulled her into the reservoir as well, watched the children drown, and then left the scene.
Although Lee Dong-ryong dreamed of committing the perfect crime, the police, after receiving a report of the incident, found the circumstances leading to the visit to the reservoir suspicious and began an investigation. Through intensive questioning about the fact that he failed to rescue the children despite seeing them fall into the water, the police obtained his confession. What could have been concluded as a simple drowning accident was revealed in full, including the suspect's confession and motive, through the police's persistent investigation.

Summary of Evidence

1. Court testimony of Lee Dong-ryong, court testimony of his elder brother, and written statements of family members and reference witnesses.
2. On-site inspection report, inspection report, incident report on the occurrence of a minor abduction and inducement case, body recovery report, appraisal request reply, postmortem examination report, and appraisal report.

Relevant Legal Provisions

1. Criminal Act Article 250, Paragraph 1 (Murder).

Judgment

Lee Dong-ryong, who was arrested and indicted on charges of murder, made the following claims during the trial.

"On the day of the incident, I was preparing to go fishing and was about to drive a van that I had borrowed briefly. My nephews, the victims, asked me to take them along, so I put them in the car and went to Mosan Reservoir. When I looked through my fishing gear to start fishing, I found that the reel was missing, so I decided to go back home to get it. However, the victims said they would just play and wait at the reservoir until I returned, and told me to go alone. I drove home by myself, got the reel, and when I came back, I only saw that the victims had fallen into the reservoir and drowned. I never intentionally failed to rescue the victims, nor did I cause them to fall in and drown."

However, the Criminal Division of the Ulsan Branch of the Busan District Court (Presiding Judge Seo Jae-heon) found Lee Dong-ryong guilty on all counts of murder at the sentencing hearing held on May 31, 1991, and sentenced him to death.
Lee Dong-ryong immediately appealed, reiterating the aforementioned claims and arguing that "even if guilt is acknowledged, considering the circumstances that led to the crime, his upbringing, and his current family situation, the death penalty is excessively severe and unjust."
At the sentencing hearing held on October 23 of the same year, the Second Criminal Division of the Busan High Court (Presiding Judge Kim Jeok-seung) overturned the original judgment sentencing him to death and instead imposed a sentence of life imprisonment.
In its judgment, the court stated, "When the various pieces of evidence lawfully examined and adopted by the court of first instance are compared and reviewed, the defendant’s argument of mistake of fact is without merit," acknowledging guilt. However, it added, "Considering that the content of the crime committed by the defendant is extremely inhumane, that the result is the grave death of two young children, and that the motive for the crime is also difficult to comprehend, the imposition of the extreme penalty by the court of first instance can be considered reasonable in one respect. However, since both of the defendant’s parents are alive, from their perspective, if both young grandchildren have died and the defendant is also sentenced to the extreme penalty, it would result in the loss of their son as well, making the pain or tragedy unbearably great. Although the defendant’s sister-in-law (the victims’ mother) is petitioning for the defendant to receive the extreme penalty, all other family members, including the defendant’s elder brother (the victims’ father), are petitioning that the defendant be spared the extreme penalty. Taking into account the defendant’s own lifelong suffering from pangs of conscience and criticism from public opinion, the extreme penalty imposed by the court of first instance appears somewhat harsh," and thus reduced the sentence to life imprisonment.
Lee Dong-ryong, whose sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment and thereby spared his life, appealed to the Supreme Court. However, on February 11 of the following year, the Second Bench of the Supreme Court (Presiding Justice Yoon Gwan) dismissed the appeal and finalized the original judgment imposing life imprisonment.

The court stated the following in its judgment.

"The defendant claims that he did not kill the victims and that it was an accident. However, in light of the various pieces of evidence specified by the court of first instance, it is sufficiently possible to acknowledge that the defendant intentionally killed the victims. There is no illegality in the original judgment, such as violating the rules of evidence, misunderstanding the legal principles regarding intent to kill and thereby erroneously recognizing facts that affected the judgment, or finding the charges guilty solely based on the defendant’s confession, which would be the only evidence unfavorable to the defendant, without corroborating evidence."

If, as argued by the defense counsel, the defendant could only bear criminal responsibility for the murder of Lee Yang and could not be punished for the murder of Lee, who fell into the reservoir by himself, this would contradict the premise of criminal law that, under Article 18 of the Criminal Act (a provision stipulating that a person who has a duty to prevent the occurrence of danger, or who has caused the source of danger by his own act, shall be punished for the resulting outcome if he fails to prevent the occurrence of such danger), when a person who bears a legal duty of affirmative action to prevent the occurrence of a result that infringes a legally protected interest could have easily prevented the occurrence of the result by fulfilling that duty, yet tolerated and neglected the occurrence of the result and failed to perform that duty, such omission has criminal law value equivalent to an infringement of a legally protected interest by an act and, if it is sufficient to be evaluated as an act of execution of the crime, can be punished as an omission offense in the same manner as an act of execution by commission.

As the defendant, being the victims’ uncle, took the young victims—who were of an age lacking the capacity to protect themselves from the danger of drowning—to a reservoir with steep slopes where the risk of slipping and drowning was high, the defendant should be deemed to have had a legal duty of affirmative action to prevent the victims from drowning and, if they fell into the water, to rescue them. Therefore, after victim Lee fell into the water, the defendant’s act of tolerating and neglecting his drowning by failing to rescue him with intent to kill (an omission) is reasonably evaluated under criminal law as an act of execution of murder that is no different from the defendant directly pushing him into the water and causing him to drown."

 

Duty of affirmative action (作爲義務) refers to a legal obligation to perform a specific act.In other words, if the law prescribes that there is a duty to act, failure to comply with it may constitute an illegal act.This refers to an obligation that is legally binding, not merely a moral or religious duty. 

The terms act and omission also appear in the "Gapyeong Valley Murder Case." Shall we take a look at the Supreme Court press release from that time?

The First Division of the Supreme Court (Presiding Justice Kim Seon-su) heard a case in which the defendants, who were in an extramarital relationship, were indicted for murder and attempted murder on the grounds that, in order to kill the victim, who was the legal spouse of Defendant 1, and fraudulently obtain death insurance proceeds, they pushed the victim, who could not swim, into the water at a fishing spot, fed the victim poisonous pufferfish byproducts, and induced the victim to dive into a deep valley and drown. In this case, the Court dismissed both the prosecutor’s and the defendants’ appeals,, and affirmed the original judgment, which found the defendants guilty of murder and attempted murder by omission among the charged facts and sentenced them to imprisonment (Defendant 1: life imprisonment, Defendant 2: 30 years in prison).(Supreme Court Decision, September 21, 2023, Case No. 2023Do6086).

This sourcebook contains precedents on extensive violent crime cases like these.

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These days, while working, the aspect I pay even closer attention to is "prices." Calculating only by the inflation rate doesn’t really give a clear sense of it.

The salaries of ordinary people of that era, the price of a sack of rice, market prices, and so on. You need to know these to understand how people of that time lived.

So, in this new sourcebook, I plan to pay even more attention to the prices section. That’s why I prepared this.

This is for everyone.

We will provide a PDF of data recording living costs from 1945 to 1990.. It will record civil servant salaries, workers’ wages, the price of a sack of rice, bus fares, public utility charges, and more, making it a resource that shows how ordinary people lived.

As you know, the volume will not be very large.Still, we plan to create tables or record the information in chronological order so it is easy to grasp at a glance.

Wasn’t it said that to understand a country, you should go to its markets? Then to understand an era, you should go to its markets as well.

What can this material be used for?

A thief stole 500,000 won in 1988. But it’s hard to tell how much that amount was worth at the time.

There are places that calculate how much this money would be worth today using the Consumer Price Index. If you go to a site called "CPI Consumer Price Index," it calculates currency value for you.

Prices have risen by 3.328 times compared to 1988. Using this multiplier to calculate the currency value, it comes out to more than 1.6 million won in today’s value.

But did it actually feel like that much money to people back then?

To find out, I look up articles from that time. It’s easier to understand if you know how much people earned in wages and salaries, and what kind of homes they lived in.

I found a reader-submitted article that shows what kind of lives ordinary people lived in 1988. Shall we take a look together?

It is said that a single trash can in the presidential suite of the Jeonnam provincial governor’s residence costs 175,000 won. I have been working at a sewing factory for three years, and after deductions for medical insurance, income tax, resident tax, defense tax, and meals, the amount I actually take home is about 168,000 won.

Even that gets deducted from my salary by the hour if I am absent, late, go out, or leave early.

Even if I work overtime or overnight shifts, there is no additional allowance under the pretense of a fixed salary system. If I have to work overnight in the middle of winter, I have to sleep on the freezing factory floor, and if not, I have no choice but to take a taxi at my own expense.

After three years at a sewing factory, the monthly pay is just over 160,000 won. At that time, 500,000 won was an enormous amount of money—far greater than what 1.6 million won feels like to us today.

What about housing prices?I looked up apartment sale prices from 1988.

These are apartment sale prices in Seocho-dong, Daechi, and Gaepo-dong. The 31-pyeong unit of the famous Eunsma Apartment, known to everyone, was priced between 53 million and 64 million won at the time.The current market price of Eunsma Apartment is over 2.3 billion won.

You might think that way. "If only I had bought it back then…." "People in that era must have had it so good…."

However, for people working in sewing factories at the time, owning an apartment in Seoul was an even bigger dream than how we view Seoul apartments today.

Just by looking at materials like this "Cost of Living Data Collection," I hope you can get a sense of what that era was like.

Of course, it will be a great help to people who create works, since they can portray that era in detail.

This gift, too, is a project that came to mind while working, thinking, "It would be nice if I had something like this…." I had long thought it would be nice to have something like this, but because I focused on the crime sourcebook, I wasn’t able to prepare it thoroughly (of course, it is included in the sourcebook as well, but I felt it would be better with more detail), so I prepared this separately.

A World Serial Killer Timeline created with great care.

It contains photographs of serial killers from 1901 to relatively recent times, along with brief descriptions of their crimes.

Some of the killers are known domestically, while others can only be researched through overseas sources.

Information and materials about serial killers around the world are easy to find, but there have not been many resources that allow you to grasp at a glance which killers were active in which periods.

So I created a timeline.

One supporter contacted me with a question. They asked whether these criminals were included in the sourcebook.

Of course, because the planning itself is different, stories about criminals from around the world cannot be included in the sourcebook.

However, I thought it would be helpful to save even a little time when looking for materials by referring to the timeline.

So I decided to select about ten serial killers and write articles containing their materials and stories.

I plan to search for and organize both domestic and overseas sources.

For example, shall we briefly talk about Peter Sutcliffe, known as the "Yorkshire Ripper"?

He was born in the United Kingdom on June 2, 1946. From July 1975 over a period of five years, he murdered 13 people. He was called the Yorkshire Ripper, but in Korean newspapers at the time, he was referred to as the Yorkshire Knife Attacker.

Currently, among the articles in Korea that cover this case, there are no publicly available writings that show how the Korean media at the time reported on it.

On November 21, 1980, an article titled <13th Murder by the Killer, UK "Knife Attacker" Mocks Police> was published in a certain newspaper. Shall we take a look at the content? For the vividness of the original article, only the spacing was corrected. It contains the perpetrator’s very last crime.

Britain’s most notorious killer, the "Yorkshire Knife Attacker," recently committed his 13th crime, murdering a 20-year-old female language student, "Jacqueline Hill."

The body of Miss "Hill" was found in a garbage dumping site next to a supermarket in the northern British textile city of "Leeds," a city where the "Yorkshire Knife Attacker" had first murdered a prostitute named "Wilma McCann" in 1975.

A senior police official commanding a 250-member "Yorkshire Knife Attacker" arrest special task force warned that "unless the 'Yorkshire Knife Attacker' is arrested, there is not a single woman who is safe," and advised women never to go out alone.

After this article, reports appeared in 1981 about the perpetrator being caught, confessing in court, and how he evaded his crimes, among other details.

You can get a sense of the atmosphere at the time and feel the scene to some extent.

By searching not only already public materials like these but also materials that convey the sense of the scene at the time, we have written the stories of ten serial killers and present them to you.***This is a PDF document.

The People Who Made This Book

ArkPlot met Seong-gyu Jeon, director of <Republic of Korea Crime Archives>, director of the Korea Psychological Science Center, and a committee member of the VICTREE Major Incident Research Committee.
After ArkPlot published <Republic of Korea Crime Archives>, we got in touch with Director Seong-gyu Jeon, who had been watching the project with interest. We talked together about crime and, while discussing projects we could work on together, began the <Republic of Korea Violent Crime Judgment Archives> project.

Director Seong-gyu Jeon as Told by ArkPlot

Director Seong-gyu Jeon, the author of <Sourcebook of Precedents on Major Violent Crimes in South Korea>, has been collecting materials even at this very moment, investing his own money and an enormous amount of time for research. The verdicts included in this book are not materials that are easily accessible to the general public, or even to specialists in related fields.

<A Sourcebook of Verdicts on Major Crimes in the Republic of Korea> is a monumental work created through Director Seong-gyu Jeon’s hands-on efforts. While talking with the author and reviewing the materials together, ArkPlot could not help but be astonished by the verdicts from the 1950s and 1960s. Not only were they written in Chinese characters, but they were also in cursive handwriting, making them difficult to read from the very first sentence.

Director Seong-gyu Jeon entrusted these verdicts to another expert for translation and repeatedly went through the process of reorganizing them. He also made great efforts, visiting various institutions in person, to obtain these verdicts.

We would like to introduce the career of the author of this book, Director Seong-gyu Jeon. 

Former Head of Office, Safety Culture Forum (FPSC)
Former Director of Crisis Response, Korea Violence Association (KOVA)
Current Committee Member, Major Incident Research Committee, Victim Integrated Support Social Cooperative (VICTREE)
Current Director, Korea Psychological Science Center Co., Ltd.

Introducing ArkPlot, which co-created this book.

<ArkPlot> created <Republic of Korea Crime Sourcebook>. Having worked for a long time at a literary publishing company and conversed with novelists and screenwriters, they came to recognize the need for a crime sourcebook.

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Maker Introduction

Hello. I am B-Ark, the founder of the sole proprietorship "Arkplot." I worked as a literary editor for over 10 years. Exhausted by that work, I quit and traveled. After that, I worked at a publishing company that released books in other fields such as economics, management, and the humanities. However, it was not interesting. Both my body and mind became worn out.

I decided to do what I love. To create narratives—dramas, films, novels, documentaries, biographies, reportage, and more. It was not an easy decision. Who would entrust a manuscript to a one-person publishing house starting without any capital?

So I planned a project that I could handle. The project I devoted myself to day and night was <The Republic of Korea Crime Sourcebook>. While working on the project, it truly felt like my soul was being ground down. As I collected countless shocking crimes, both my body and mind grew exhausted. Still, I was not as depressed as before. Because it was work I loved, I was able to push myself and keep going.

From now on, Arcplot will steadily provide narratives that you can read through all night.

Why I am running this project on Wadiz

While working at a publishing company, I often felt skeptical about the existing book market.

First, the market favors publishers with capital. Good authors, good staff, massive marketing. The more resources a company has, the more it becomes focused on sales. Creativity is needed for good planning, and good planning is needed to make money, but the reality is that companies end up looking for bestselling authors first.

Second, no matter how much I want to pursue a project, I often cannot. Even if a book could be published with a small but dedicated readership, I found myself calculating profits and losses first. After enduring for over ten years with my body and mind exhausted, I eventually reached a point where I could not move either physically or mentally, and that is how I came to start "Arcplot."

That is why I came to Wadiz to find people who would support this project.

<The Republic of Korea Crime Sourcebook>, <World Serial Killer Chronology>, <Major Incident Timeline>, and more. This project, into which I poured my whole heart, would probably never have even made it to a meeting agenda if I had planned it while working at a publishing company. I am proud to say that this is the best project I have ever created. I was happier completing this project and finishing the manuscript than when I planned and edited bestsellers.I want to show this project to all of you, our supporters, and receive your encouragement.

The funds sent by our supporters will be used to cover the costs of this project and to carry out Arcplot’s follow-up projects.