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Voice phishing swindler commits suicide in regret

A woman accused of voice phishing committed suicide, Wednesday, leaving a written note apologizing for her crime. The woman, in her 20s, was found dead inside her house at Dong District in Gwangju, 8:04 p.m., by her father who filed a report to the police. The woman was accused of working for a call center under a voice phishing ring in the Philippines from August to November, 2014. The Incheon district court had ordered her to attend court on July 13 for the alleged crime.

Obituaries | 2017-07-06 16:34

Daycare center bus crashes in Cheongju, killing 2 and injuring 10

A daycare center-run bus crashed into a sidewalk, Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 10 others according to police. After hitting the sidewalk, the bus also collided with three cars heading in the opposite direction. The accident occurred around 12:26 p.m. near an intersection at Sachang-dong, Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. Two elderly women, identified by thei...

Obituaries | 2017-07-06 16:31

Former Korea Times CEO dies at 80

Former Korea Times President-Publisher Han Kon-ju died at the age of 80, his family said Wednesday. Born in 1937, he went to work for the nation’s first English daily, the sister paper of the Hankook Ilbo, as a staff reporter in 1962. Han was promoted to business desk editor in 1982 and served as managing editor in 1991. He served as chief executive editor in 1994 before bein...

Obituaries | 2017-07-06 09:08

Ex-Boston Marathon champion Suh Yun-bok passes away

Sun Yun-bok, who won the 1947 Boston Marathon with a world record time, died on Tuesday. He was 94 years old.

Obituaries | 2017-06-27 11:33

Top rocker's wife dies of cancer

Song Nam-young, the musical actress and wife of Korea’s top rocker Yim Jae-beum, has died of cancer. She was 45. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2011. It spread to liver, stomach and womb despite chemotherapy and surgery, according to Yim’s agency.

Obituaries | 2017-06-13 12:34

A sad ending for deported adoptee

A deported Korean-American adoptee was found dead in an apparent suicide in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, officials said. Phillip Clay, 42, was found dead around 11:40 p.m., Sunday, outside an apartment building in Ilsan, according to officials from Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link (G.O.A’.L), a non-governmental organization run by adoptees in Seoul. While a police investigation i...

Obituaries | 2017-05-24 17:50

RIP James Bond: 007 actor Roger Moore dead at 89

Legendary British actor Sir Roger Moore -- deemed one of the best to play James Bond in the 007 spy series -- died from cancer on Tuesday, according to his family.

Obituaries | 2017-05-24 17:02

Busan film festival deputy director dies of heart attack

Kim JI-seok, deputy executive director of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), has died of a heart attack. He was 57.

Obituaries | 2017-05-19 11:03

Gallup Korea chairman dies at 74

Park Moo-ik, chairman of Gallup Korea, passed away at age 74, Wednesday. According to the public pollster, Park was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a respiratory disorder, in 2004 and underwent a lung transplant last year. “His weak kidney function in the rehabilitation process led to his death,” Gallup Korea said. Park, born in 1943 in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province, majored in philosophy at Seoul National University and joined Goldstar, the predecessor of LG Electronics, as a copywriter in 1970. Later, he also worked freelance in the ad industry.

Obituaries | 2017-04-20 15:56

Another ex-comfort woman dies

Another South Korean woman who was coerced into Japan's wartime sexual slavery died Tuesday, a local civic group said. The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan said Lee Soon-deok died at around 7:30 a.m. at the age of 99. Her death leaves only 38 surviving victims of Japan's brutal wartime crime. Initially, 238 women were on the list of go...

Obituaries | 2017-04-04 14:27

UN calls for Seoul-Tokyo 'comfort women' deal to be revised

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