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Murder of Yun Geum-i
1992 murder in South Korea by US soldier From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On October 28, 1992, 26-year-old South Korean sex worker Yun Geum-i was sexually assaulted and murdered by U.S. Private Kenneth Lee Markle III at a camp town in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
The case sparked controversy and Anti-American sentiment, as well as advocacy for reviewing the U.S.–South Korea Status of Forces Agreement.[citation needed]
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Murder
In 1992, Yun Geum-i, a kijichon (camptown) sex worker in the city Dongducheon, was killed by U.S. servicemen.[1][2][3] Yun was found dead with a bottle stuffed into her vagina and an umbrella into her anus.[4]
Aftermath
In August 1993, the U.S. government gave compensation to the victim's family of about US$72,000.[5] Markle III was imprisoned in Cheonan prison on May 17, 1994. In 1995, he was fined 2 million won (US$2,000) for causing a disturbance in prison. He was released on parole on August 14, 2006, and deported to the U.S. His seven previous applications for parole were all rejected. Markle was arrested for less serious crimes, including burglary, in Maryland.[6] He died on February 14, 2023.[7]
The murder of a prostitute did not itself spark a national debate about the prerogatives of the U.S. forces;[citation needed] on the other hand, the 1995 rape of a twelve-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl by three American servicemen (one U.S. Navy Seaman, two U.S. Marines) elicited much public outrage and brought wider attention to military-related violence against women.[3]
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