A fire broke out at a battery manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, on Monday morning, with multiple casualties expected, according to fire authorities. The blaze started at Aricell, a ...

Seoul, South Korea — A fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory near South Korea's capital killed more than 20 people on Monday, most of them workers from China, officials said.Rescue ...

South Korean police have admitted using violence to extract a false confession from a man who spent 20 years in prison for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old.

The last missing worker's body was recovered Tuesday after a fire broke out at a lithium battery plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, on Monday. The recovery brings the total death toll to 23, including one ...

The murders are famous in South Korea where they are known as the “Hwaseong serial killing case.” On Thursday, the case was trending on Naver, South Korea’s largest search engine.

Lee Chun-jae raped and murdered 10 women in rural parts of Hwaseong, south of Seoul, over a five-year period from 1986. An innocent man was jailed for 20 years for Lee’s crimes.

One of the 10 Hwaseong deaths is now believed to be a copycat murder, the official said. The man – who is in his 50s – is already in prison serving a life sentence, according to police.

Lee Chun-jae, 56, confessed to killing nine women in what's known as the Hwaseong murders, which had been unresolved until now. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

The serial rapes and murders, known as the “Hwaseong murders”, took place between 1986 and 1991, when 10 women were raped and killed in Hwaseong County, some 43km south of Seoul.

South Korean police have admitted using violence to extract a false confession from a man who spent 20 years in prison for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old.