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  "id": 2287162,
  "title": "Ex-pilot gets life sentence for killing former airline colleague",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/ex-pilot-gets-life-sentence-for-killing-former-airline-colleague-2287162",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T03:22:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260821/ex-pilot-gets-life-sentence-for-killing-former-airline-colleague"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A former pilot has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a former airline colleague and a plot to kill five other former colleagues, according to Busan District Court. The 49-year-old defendant, Kim Dong-hwan, was found guilty of murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. He must also wear an electronic monitoring device for 30 years following the conviction.\n\nKim allegedly fatally stabbed the airline captain with whom he had previously worked at an apartment in Busan on March 17. The victim was scheduled to attend the Air Force Academy with Kim, along with two other victims who worked together at the same airline.\n\nFollowing the murder, Kim intended to travel to Changwon to strangle another former colleague, but he was unsuccessful in carrying out the attack. The court deemed Kim's stated motives for the crimes as hard to accept and deemed it necessary to permanently isolate him from society.",
  "summary": "A former pilot was sentenced to life in prison Friday for murdering an airline captain and plotting to kill five other former colleagues. The Busan District Court handed down the sentence to Kim Dong-hwan, 49, after convicting him of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder, and ordered him to wear an electronic monitoring device for 30 years. Kim was indicted for fatally stabbing…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Ex-pilot gets life sentence for killing former airline colleague",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/ex-pilot-gets-life-sentence-for-killing-former-airline-colleague",
        "published": "2026-08-21T02:38:23.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Ex-pilot gets life sentence for killing former airline colleague",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/ex-pilot-gets-life-sentence-for-killing-former-airline-colleague-2288938",
        "published": "2026-08-21T03:32:03.000Z"
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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."
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