Police in desperate search for missing 5-year-old girl

A poster of Ko Joon-hee, 5, who disappeared in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, on Nov. 18. Ko is 110 centimeters tall and weighs 20 kilograms with short curly hair. Ko has single eyelids and eyes that squint. Anyone who finds her or knows of her whereabouts, call 112 or 182. / Yonhap

By Bahk Eun-ji

Police are conducting a massive hunt in search of a five-year-old girl who has been missing for almost a month from Jeonju, North Jeolla Province.

190 police officers are searching for the girl, Ko Joon-hee, who has a developmental disorder.

She disappeared from her neighborhood in Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, near Kirin Mountain, when her grandmother left the house where they live at 12:00 p.m. on Nov. 18.

The girl’s mother said she didn’t report the child’s disappearance because she thought Ko’s father had taken her.

Ko’s parents are separated and the girl has lived with her mother.

Ko’s mother reported her missing on December 8. So far, the police have not found any trace of the child.