A Korean man died earlier this week in the Philippines after being shot by an unidentified assailant, the foreign ministry said Friday.
The victim, a 50-year-old identified only by his surname Kim, was shot around 9 a.m. Tuesday in local time in Dasmarinas City, about 30 kilometers south of Manila, the ministry said. He and his wife have been running a gift shop and a small snack bar.
An armed assailant tried to wrestle away a purse from Kim's wife as she was unloading goods from her car, and Kim tried to push away the attacker who then pulled out a handgun and shot him in the shoulder, a ministry official said.
Kim died on his way to a hospital and the suspect, a Filipino, was shot dead by local police during a chase around noon on Tuesday, the official added.
In April, a 35-year-old South Korean man fell unconscious after being shot in the head in Angeles City in the Philippines. In late January, a South Korean realtor was felled by two attackers, also in Angeles City.