During the night of April 26th to April 27th, 1982, Woo Bum Gon, a police officer, murdered ~60 people and wounded many more by committing a mass shooting in Uiryeong County in South Gyeongsang Province. Until 2011, It was the worst mass shooting in  modern history. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/koryo-crime/message

On June 1st 2019, Koh Yu Jeong (고유정) was arrested for the murder of her ex-husband, last name Kang. It is thought by investigators that she drugged him and stabbed him at the vacation rental where they were staying in Jeju-do on May 25th, then dismembered his body. Kang went to see his son after being denied visitation by Koh for two years after their divorce in 2017. Kang’s body has not been found to this day. --- Send in a voice message:...

We are back! In this episode, Ashley and Kait talk about the Korean Air Flight 007 that was shot down by the USSR on September 1st, 1983. This episodes gives a little background on the incident, some avation aspects as well as some international law aspects of the disaster.As always more information, sources and images can be found at www.koryocrimepodcast.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/koryo-crime/message

In this episode Kait and guest co-host Ashley discuss 3 unsolved / mysterious deaths. The first is the Namyangju Apartment Ghost Murder followed by the Missing Busan Newlywed couple and last they discuss the mysterious death of the medical student Son Jung-Min. Email me at [email protected] Take a look at the new website www.koryocrimepodcast.com Sources: 나무위키Namuwiki. n.d. 남양주 아파트 밀실 살인사건 [Namyangju Apartment Closet Murder Case]. [online] Available at: [Accessed 19 April...

In this episode, Kait talks about the crimes of Jeong Nam Gyu, a serial killer that killed 14 people in 2004-2006. Some of his crimes were mistakenly thought to be those of Yoo Young Chul. Jeong stabbed women who were walking alone at night and also broke into houses, sometimes setting them on fire. He has had approximately 20 failed attempts. He is considered Korea's most psychotic killer because his motive for murder was for pleasure. He is sometimes referred to as the Pleasure...

Yoo Young Chul is a serial killer who murdered 26 people during his killing spree during 2003-2004. He targeted wealthy elderly and sex workers. He is currently serving a death sentence in Seoul Prison.  Sources: The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea (https://www.netflix.com/title/81087760) (2021), A Netflix original docuseries Yoo Young Chul (https://web.archive.org/web/20140221072522/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/yoo_young_cheol/1.html) at crimelibrary.com...

This is the introduction episode for Koryo Crime. On the show, we will explore different crimes and mysteries in the Land of the Morning Calm.