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| Lake Titicaca / Korea Times file |
By Jung Min-ho
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday that a Korean woman was found dead in Bolivia.
Her body was found on Isla del Sol, an island in the southern part of Lake Titicaca, Thursday evening (local time).
According to the ministry, the woman, who was in her 40s, appeared to have been stabbed to death. Bolivian police have been looking into the cause of her death after taking her body to La Paz, the country's capital.
Following the news, the Korean Embassy in Bolivia has sent officials to the police.
The ministry said it has urged the Bolivian government to thoroughly investigate the case.
According to local media reports, she was traveling the country by herself.
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