Man fatally stabs neighbor over loud noises

By Ko Dong-hwan

Police in Seoul on Sunday arrested a man for fatally stabbing a neighbor after the two quarreled over loud noises.

According to the Dobong district police station, the culprit, a 54-year-old identified only as Cho, heard loud noises coming from the apartment upstairs Saturday evening and went up.

There he fought with the victim, Jin, the 48-year-old son of the house’s owner, before stabbing him.

Jin was visiting his mother’s home to comfort her following his father’s recent death. Jin had lived together at the apartment for two years but moved to a different lodging last year after he and Cho fought over loud noises several times.