Life sentence confirmed for teacher who killed 7-year-old student

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a life sentence for Myeong Jae-won, a 49-year-old former elementary school teacher convicted of killing a 7-year-old student at her school last year. Korea’s highest court affirmed a lower court ruling finding Myeong guilty of the murder, which occurred on Feb. 10, 2025, at an elementary school in Seo-gu, Daejeon, about 135 kilometers south of Seoul. The victim, Kim Ha-neul, a first grader, was fatally stabbed and later died at a local hospital despite emerge

By The Korea Herald