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Jeju Woman’s Death Exposes Police Failures | South Korea News
A woman vanished on Jeju Island and was found dead after 104 days—her body too decomposed to determine cause of death. The case has ignited national outrage, exposing systemic failures in how police handle missing persons reports. An officer allegedly closed her case without verifying her safety, part of a broader pattern across hundreds of thousands of past cases. Top investigators admit supervisors—including themselves—failed in oversight. Now, authorities are reviewing 310,000 closed cases, tightening protocols with mandatory supervisor approval and cross-verification, upgrading risk…
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