{
  "id": 2946393,
  "title": "Body believed to be missing Jeju woman found near guesthouse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/body-believed-to-be-missing-jeju-woman-found-near-guesthouse-2946393",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T05:12:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260824/body-believed-to-be-missing-jeju-woman-found-near-guesthouse"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A body believed to be that of 37-year-old missing woman Jang Mi-ran has been discovered near a guesthouse on Jeju Island, more than three months after she vanished. The Jeju Provincial Police Agency reported the discovery of the body at approximately 10:46 a.m. in a wooded area close to the guesthouse where Jang had been staying at the time of her disappearance. The body was found in the last location where Jang had been confirmed to be present before she was reported missing on May 15.\n\nPolice are planning to perform a forensic examination to verify the identity of the woman and ascertain the cause of her death. Jang had departed from her home at around 10:15 p.m. on May 13. It was her boyfriend who filed the initial missing person report on May 15. An officer from the Jeju Western Police Station, identified only as Officer A, is under investigation for allegedly closing the case without contacting Jang or her family. They had falsely recorded a conversation stating that Jang did not wish to communicate with her family. Subsequent investigations revealed the discrepancy.",
  "summary": "A body believed to be that of a 37-year-old woman who went missing on Jeju Island was found Monday, more than three months after her disappearance, as a police officer faces allegations that he closed her missing person case without contacting her. The Jeju Provincial Police Agency said a woman's body, believed to be that of Jang Mi-ran, was found at around 10:46 a.m. in Jeju City. The body was…",
  "key_points": [
    "Body of missing Jeju woman Jang Mi-ran found near guesthouse.",
    "Police to conduct forensic examination for identity and cause of death.",
    "Officer A under investigation for mishandling the missing person case."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The discovery of Jang Mi-ran's body near her last known location ends a months-long search and will likely shift the police investigation's focus to the circumstances of her death.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Body Presumed to be of Missing Jeju Woman Found",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/body-presumed-to-be-of-missing-jeju-woman-found",
        "published": "2026-08-24T02:42:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Body believed to be missing Jeju woman found near guesthouse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/body-believed-to-be-missing-jeju-woman-found-near-guesthouse",
        "published": "2026-08-24T05:02:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Presumed body of missing woman found on Jeju Island",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/presumed-body-of-missing-woman-found-on-jeju-island",
        "published": "2026-08-24T05:55:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}