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Lee Choon-jae

South Korean serial killer (born 1963)

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Updated 2026-07-31

Lee Choon-jae, also known as the Hwaseong Serial Killer, is a South Korean serial killer known for committing the Hwaseong serial murders. Between 1986 and 1994, Lee murdered fifteen women and girls in addition to committing numerous sexual assaults, predominantly in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, and the surrounding areas. The murders, which remained unsolved for thirty years, are considered to be the most infamous in modern South Korean history and were the inspiration for the film Memories of Murder (2003).

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