A South Korean man has been arrested after confessing to murdering his girlfriend 16 years ago and entombing her body on his balcony under a layer of cement, police told AFP on Tuesday.
The man, who is now in his 50s, was charged with murdering the woman in October 2008 during an argument, according to the Gyeongnam Provincial Police and Geoje Police Station.
He fatally struck the woman with a blunt object and then placed her body in a large travel bag, police said.
He then hid the body on his balcony by stacking bricks and pouring on a 10-centimetre (four-inch) layer of cement.
The woman wasn’t reported missing until three years later, as she was not in contact with her own family.
