PHILIPPINES-SOUTH KOREA/DEATHS South Korean couple found dead inside home in the Philippines

Record ID: 143239

  • Title: PHILIPPINES-SOUTH KOREA/DEATHS South Korean couple found dead inside home in the Philippines
  • Date: 20th August 2015
  • Summary: SILANG TOWN, CAVITE PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES (AUGUST 20, 2015) (REUTERS) ROAD LEADING TO HOUSE OF KILLED KOREAN NATIONALS CONCRETE WALL WITH PROTRUDING ROOF CLOSED GATE OF HOUSE DOG IN FRONT OF GATE DOG SNOOPING FROM OTHER SIDE OF GATE MORE OF DOG IN FRONT OF CLOSED GATE VILLAGERS WALKING ON ROAD (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) VILLAGE CHIEF BENIGNO CORTES SAYING: "I was with two vill
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  • Location: Philippines
  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: CORRECTION: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE, CORRECTION TO SLUG NAME FROM "PHILIPPINES-SOUTH KOREA/MURDER" TO "PHILIPPINES-SOUTH KOREA/DEATHS"
    Two South Korean nationals were found dead inside their home south of Manila, the Philippine police authorities said on Thursday (August 20).
    A statement issued by the Silang Municipal Police department said that Song Yi Kim and Shangson Na, an elderly couple in their 60s, living at the rural town of Silang, about 53 kilometres south of the Philippine capital, were found dead inside their home on Thursday (August 19).
    Police were still investigating the cause of their death.
    Village chief Benigno Cortes said a worker employed by the Korean couple informed them that there was no answer from the house when he called in for work and they had to step in.
    "I was with two village police and we kept ringing the doorbell, but there was no answer. We made a way to get inside, so with the help of our village police, they climbed over the gate and when they got inside, they peered into the window and saw the couple dead," he said.
    Cortes said there were other South Korean nationals who are living in the town, but the couple were the only ones living farther away from the town centre.
    The Korean nationals' house was situated in a remote area about 60 metres from the nearest neighbours.
    Resident Efren Mabilangan who has known the couple since they resided in the village two years ago, said there were no other people living inside the house except the couple, but there were workers helping them out.
    "We regularly speak to the couple and they seemed to be okay and without any problems, but last night we heard what happened from a worker who was knocking on the gate," he said.
    Mabilangan said the couple were also planning to open a charity centre inside their gated home.
    The South Korean Embassy in Manila declined to comment on the incident.
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