A man who stole late actress Choi Jin-sil's urn from her tomb in August received a one year and six month jail term on Tuesday. "The crime was planned elaborately and the method used was cruel", the Suwon District Court said of its reason for handing the ruling to the 41-year-old man identified only by his last name Park. The court added that the thief destroyed the urn, left an eternal wound on the family of the deceased and yet did not repent on his wrongdoing. Choi's family had also requeste more....
.......when listeners complained about critical remarks she made regarding the protests of U.S. beef imports. The 37-year-old then quit TV altogether when her husband of less than a year, actor Ahn Jae-hwan, died in September 2008, and her best friend, actress Choi Jin-sil, committed suicide two months later. "I thought my life was over. I wept a lot while praying", Jung said. Jung said she considered taking her own life following the back-to-back deaths. "I wanted to give up my life. I couldn't unders....... more....
It has already been a year since the beloved star, Choi Jin-sil's death. Family and friends have gathered in remembrance of her. Choi had passed away last October 2nd and is being greatly missed. .... more....
Flowers laid at the newly-built tomb of the actress Choi Jin-sil in a cemetery in Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday. / Korea Times A small memorial park for the late actress Choi Jin-sil has been built in a cemetery in Gyeonggi Province. The ash box of the late actress was placed in the new tomb in the park in the Gapsan Park Cemetery in Yangpyeong, Tuesday, 56 days after it was stolen by an apparently emotional fan identified as Park. Police caught the thief on Aug. 26, 22 days after the theft, and th more....
A month-long, widely publicized manhunt has led police to a man who says he stole the ashes of Choi Jin-sil because he was possessed by the actress' spirit. Acting on a tipoff from Daegu after more images of the suspect from CCTV footage taken near the grave were released, police on Tuesday arrested a 41-year-old man identified as Park at his home in Daegu. The man is being questioned at Yangpyeong Police Station in Gyeonggi Province. Another suspect arrested on Monday, who telephoned Gapsan Par more....
A 40-year-old man has been arrested after demanding thousands of dollars for the return of an urn containing the ashes of the late actress Choi Jin-sil. The man, surnamed Jeong, was dramatically picked up by police on Monday night during the fourth call he had made that day to officials at Kapsan Park where an urn containing Choi's remains had been kept until its theft on the morning of Aug. 4. A police spokesman said a warrant to detain the man, who later told detectives that he hadn't stolen t more....
On the 26th, Choi Jin-sil's stolen ashes were returned. Park had taken Choi's ashes and turned himself in saying, "I'm Sorry". This 10:30 AM at Yangpyeong police station, Park.... more....
By Park Si-soo Staff Reporter A 41-year-old man suspect was arrested for stealing an urn containing the ashes of the late actress Choi Jin-sil, police said Wednesday. The Yangpyeong Police Station said the suspect, identified only as Park, was picked up at his home in Daegu around 11 p.m. Tuesday and then taken to a station in Gyeonggi Province. "The suspect, a kitchen utensil installer, has confessed to the crime", said Woo Jae-jin, senior police officer in charge of the operation. "We also fou more....
CCTV capture showing the suspected thief of the actress Choi Jin-sils ashes CCTV capture showing the suspected thief of the actress Choi Jin-sil's ashes Police are questioning a suspect in the theft of the actress Choi Jin-sil's ashes, they said Monday. "The suspect was caught while demanding money for the ashes. We are investigating whether the arrested man is the actual thief", Yangpyeong police said. Police earlier released CCTV images of a suspect taken on Aug. 2 at around sunrise, giving a more....
Police investigating the theft of an urn containing the remains of the late actress Choi Jin-sil made public yesterday additional footage of a male suspect taken by a closed-circuit surveillance camera and distributed "Wanted" posters nationwide. Woo Jae-jin, head of the investigation team at the Yangpyeong Police Precinct in Gyeonggi, said, "The face of the suspect is shown clearer since the clip was recorded around sunrise". The police have put up a 3 million won ($2,412) reward for informatio more....
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