A man in his 40s who killed his girlfriend and hid the body for about a year was urgently arrested by police.
The Gunsan Police Station in North Jeolla Province said on the 30th that it urgently arrested and is investigating a person identified as A on suspicion of murder and abandoning a body.
A is suspected of causing the death of his girlfriend, identified as B, at an apartment in Jochon-dong, Gunsan, on Oct. 20 last year and hiding the body in a kimchi refrigerator.
Police said they launched an investigation after receiving a report the previous day from the family of the woman living with A that "A said he killed someone," and found a body at B's apartment.
B's family had recently filed a missing person report with police after being unable to reach B by phone. Police believe A had the woman living with him send social media messages pretending to be B and, in the process, confessed to the crime.
A reportedly said in a police interview that the crime occurred after an argument over stocks. A police official said A admitted to most of the crime and that they have applied for an arrest warrant.