Man accused of killing pilot, targeting five others seeks jury trial

A 49-year-old man accused of targeting six former airline colleagues in a series of attacks that left one dead has requested a jury trial, court officials said Monday. Kim Dong-hwan, who has been indicted and detained on charges including murder, submitted a request for a citizen-participation trial to the Busan District Court, according to legal sources. Korea’s citizen-participation trials, akin to a jury trial, allow randomly selected Korean citizens to hear cases and deliver a nonbinding ver

By The Korea Herald