Father in South Korea: Escape after cruel family drama!

Father in South Korea: Escape after cruel family drama!

A 49-year-old father accused of killing his own family has been arrested in South Korea. Police report that the man deliberately drove his car into the sea, causing his wife and two sons to drown. The incident took place last Sunday, but when the man fled the scene after the incident, a massive manhunt began.

He was caught by police in Gwangju on Monday evening. The case came to light after a teacher raised the alarm when one of the sons did not show up for school. The authorities are now investigating the exact circumstances of the deaths and are investigating a possible murder case. The family's bodies were recovered along with the vehicle and will now be examined to determine the exact cause of death, they report Stuttgart News.

Background of current events

The tragedy that occurred in South Korea casts a shadow over the country's dark family history, marked by state practices and abuses during autocratic rule in the past. In the late 1970s and 1980s, there were massive human rights violations in South Korea under the regime of then-President Park Chung-hee. This enactment policy led to the forced relocation of over 720,000 citizens and the imprisonment of thousands of “vagabonds” who ended up in facilities such as the infamous “Brothers’ Home.”

Several researches, including from the Vienna newspaper, document the cruel conditions that existed in these homes. Reports of torture, sexual violence and brutal ill-treatment are numerous. Officially, at least 513 inmates died between 1975 and 1986, although the number of unreported cases is probably higher. Many of the children held suffered severe abuse and were not admitted to hospitals until they were already in critical condition, if at all.

Today's perspective

Although the Brothers Home facility closed in the late 1980s, South Korea's dark history of institutional violence remains a sensitive issue. Former inmates have since received no compensation or official recognition of their suffering, and the government has refused to reopen the cases, saying the events occurred too long ago.

The current events surrounding the 49-year-old's murder show that the issue of family violence and psychological problems remains urgent in South Korea. Society is challenged to look not only at the individual tragedies, but also at the systemic problems that still exist in parts of the country.