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Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for suspect in fatal stabbing of ex-partner

Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant Monday for a man accused of killing his former partner in violation of a restraining order on a street in Namyangju, Gyeonggi, at about 8:58 a.m. on Friday.

2026.3.16

A growing makeshift memorial with flowers, candles and a letter are seen on the Hollywood Walk of Fames Star of the late U.S. actor and director Rob Reiner on Dec. 16, two days after he and his wife were found dead in the home in Brentwood, California. [AFP/YONHAP]

Filmmaker Rob Reiner's son faces murder charges in parents' slaying, prosecutors say

Prosecutors said they planned to file murder charges on Tuesday against the younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner, accusing him of using a knife to kill his parents in their Los Angeles home over the weekend.

2025.12.17

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A police officer puts up crime scene tape in the Brentwood Park neighborhood, where the bodies of two elderly people were found at the home of Hollywood director Rob Reiner in Los Angeles on Dec. 14. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Police investigate deaths of actor-director Rob Reiner and wife as apparent homicide

Actor-director and political activist Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, and police are investigating the circumstances as an apparent homicide, city officials said.

2025.12.15

Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT's alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide

The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the AI chatbot intensified her son's “paranoid delusions.”

2025.12.12

Li, accused of murdering a sanitation worker in his 60s at the Sungnyemun underpass, appears for a pretrial detention hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, Seoul, on Aug. 4, 2024. [NEWS1]

25-year sentence for man who stabbed cleaner to death

A Chinese man received a 25-year prison sentence for fatally stabbing a street cleaner near central Seoul's Sungnyemun Gate, central Seoul, the Supreme Court confirmed Thursday.

2025.10.2

Kim Dong-won, the suspect in the Gwanak District stabbing case [YONHAP]

Identity released of man accused of fatally stabbing three people in pizzeria

A man accused of fatally stabbing three people at a pizza restaurant in Gwanak District, southern Seoul, earlier this month has been identified as 41-year-old Kim Dong-won, police said Tuesday.

2025.9.16

Police inspect the scene of a knife attack in Gwanak District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 3. [NEWS1]

Police suspect Seoul pizza shop stabbing spree was over business disagreement

A franchise pizza shop owner is under investigation for allegedly killing three people and seriously injuring another in a knife attack that police suspect was a business dispute with the franchisor.

2025.9.4

A pedestrian on April 15 walks by the apartment where a man in his 50s killed five family members in Yongin, Gyeonggi. [NEWS1]

Yongin family murder sparks calls for tougher penalties on spouse, child killings

The case of a man in his 50s who murdered his elderly parents, wife and two daughters in Yongin, Gyeonggi, has renewed calls for harsher penalties for those who kill spouses or children.

2025.4.17

The medical school student alleged to have killed his girlfriend on the rooftop of a building walks into Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, for his arrest warrant hearing on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Korea facing worrying uptick in dating violence and murders

Rising cases of intimate partner homicide and violence in recent months have the Korean public calling for stronger punishment and prevention measures.

2024.5.12

Ending the social malaise of lonely death (KOR)

Lonely deaths can be prevented if social isolation is stopped.

2023.7.12