{
  "id": 2288938,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T03:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260821/ex-pilot-gets-life-sentence-for-killing-former-airline-colleague"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 49-year-old former airline pilot, Kim Dong-hwan, has been sentenced to life in prison with the addition of 30 years of electronic monitoring for the murder of a former colleague and attempts to kill three others. The Busan District Court convicted Kim of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. The killing occurred on March 17 in Busan, South Korea, when Kim fatally stabbed a former airline captain whom they had known from attending the Air Force Academy together and working together for the same airline. The following day, Kim tried to strangle another former colleague in the city of Goyang, which is north of Seoul. After committing the murder in Busan, Kim went to the home of a third former colleague in Changwon, but was unable to carry out the planned attack. The court found Kim's stated motive for the murders to be implausible and determined that he required permanent isolation 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-2287162",
        "published": "2026-08-21T03:22:02.000Z"
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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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