Missing Woman Found Dead on Bukhansan 28 Days After Disappearance

A woman in her 50s who went missing after climbing Bukhansan last month has been found dead, 28 days after she was reported missing.

According to police and fire authorities on Tuesday, a woman's body was discovered Monday afternoon at the lower section of Nojeokbong Peak on Bukhansan. The body was identified as Kim, 52, who had been reported missing last month.

The Songpa Police Station in Seoul had received a missing person report from Kim's family at around 11:28 a.m. on the 17th of last month and conducted a search. Kim's husband reportedly received a call from his wife's workplace at around 9 a.m. that day saying she had not shown up for work, searched the surrounding area, and then reported the disappearance to police.

According to police analysis of closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage, Kim left home on a bicycle and parked it near Gangbyeon Station in Seoul's Gwangjin District before continuing on foot. She then took the subway to the area near Bukhansan in Seoul's Gangbuk District. National park CCTV captured Kim climbing the mountain from around Doseonsa Temple toward Yongammun Gate.

Police plan to hand over the recovered body to bereaved family members and investigate the detailed circumstances and cause of her death.