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![Protesters stage a die-in, a form of protest where demonstrators lie on the ground as though dead, in front of Exit 10 of Gangnam Station on Seoul Metro Line 2 in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on May 18. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12179204.jpg?imageId=12179204&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Suspects Yoo Sang-won, left, and Hwang Eun-hee, who allegedly masterminded the kidnapping and murder of a woman in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, leave Suseo Police Precinct in Gangnam on Thursday to be referred to prosecutors. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11346094.jpg?imageId=11346094&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Three suspects in the Gangnam kidnap-murder case appear before the press for the first time while being referred to the prosecution on Sunday after their identities were disclosed by police on Wednesday. From left, Lee Kyeong-woo, Hwang Dae-han and Yeon Ji-ho [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10826380.jpg?imageId=10826380&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Three men accused of kidnapping and murdering a woman in her 40s in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, are escorted to the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District on Monday morning to attend their arrest warrant reviews. They are also accused of dumping the victim's body near the Daecheong Dam in Daejeon. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11256945.jpg?imageId=11256945&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A vehicle used for the alleged kidnapping and murder of a woman in her 40s stops in front of an apartment complex in Yeoksam-dong in Gangnam District, southern Seoul on Wednesday night. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11700806.jpg?imageId=11700806&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A surveillance camera capured a woman being forced into a car in front of an apartment complex in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam, Seoul on Wednesday. She was found dead near a dam that is 13 kilometers south of Seoul. All three suspects have been arrested on Friday. [JOONGANG ILBO]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11377664.jpg?imageId=11377664&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)