Bahk Eun-ji has been with The Korea Times since 2012, building a career across multiple desks. She began at the Business Desk, where she conducted in-depth interviews with key figures in Korea's corporate world. Later, she moved to the Politics & City Desk, focusing on education policy and social affairs. She later served as team leader of the digital content team, leading curation efforts on the newspaper’s homepage and reshaping print stories for social media audiences to enhance digital reach. Now back on the Politics Desk, she covers the National Assembly and the Ministry of National Defense, with a renewed focus on political developments.
Mother kills son 'because he liked his father'
By Bahk Eun-ji
By Bahk Eun-ji
A woman who allegedly killed her five-year-old son in Gyeonngi Province was arrested Monday.
The woman, 38, identified only as “A,” allegedly drowned her son in a bathtub at her house on Sept. 10. Police said the boy was gagged and his hands tied.
The mother changed her son’s clothes after killing him and laid him in her room to cover up the crime.
“B”’s older sister found the body and called police. Police said the mother first told them the boy had died suddenly in his sleep, but then claimed he had drowned while playing in the tub by himself.
After checking CCTV footage near her house, police found that the mother had forced her son into house. They also found duct tape, allegedly used in the killing, in the house.
Police said the mother told them she killed her son because he was fond of her husband, who did not get along with her.
The mother, who had been taking depression medication for three years, claimed she was depressed because her husband did not take care of children, police said.