{
  "id": 16118363,
  "title": "Vanished without a trace: Korea's most mystifying unsolved missing person cases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/vanished-without-a-trace-koreas-most-mystifying-unsolved-missing-16118363",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T22:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20261023/vanished-without-a-trace-koreas-most-mystifying-unsolved-missing-person-cases"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Veterinary student Lee Yun-hee vanished without a trace more than two decades ago. On June 5, 2006, the 22-year-old attended a gathering with professors and classmates at a restaurant in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. She returned home around 2:30 a.m. the following morning, seemingly unharmed. However, Lee never appeared in public again, and her disappearance remains unsolved. Despite being reported missing, no trace of her has ever been found. The National Police Agency data shows that while most missing adults are located within weeks, Lee Yun-hee's case is one of the rare few where investigators have come up empty.",
  "summary": "Of the roughly 70,000 adults reported missing in Korea every year, nearly all are found within weeks. But a small fraction vanish without a trace, and some stay missing for decades. According to data from the National Police Agency submitted in August to Rep. Chung Choon-saeng of the Rebuilding Korea Party, the share of missing adult cases resolved within 30 days has stayed near 99 percent over…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}