‘Filial piety tourism’ came to Korea… Japanese mother and daughter killed by drunk driver

Hyehwa Police Station in Seoul announced on the 3rd that it plans to apply for an arrest warrant for Mr. A, a man in his 30s who hit a mother and daughter of Japanese tourists while driving drunk.

Mr. A is accused of hitting a Japanese mother and daughter who were crossing the crosswalk at Heunginjimun intersection near Dongdaemun Station while driving an electric car while drunk around 10 PM the previous day (dangerous driving causing death under the Road Traffic Act and Aggravated Punishment for Specific Crimes Act).

As a result of this accident, the mother in her 50s suffered cardiac arrest and was taken to the hospital, but eventually died. The daughter, in her 30s, suffered a knee injury and is being treated at the hospital.

The mother and daughter, who are from Osaka, Japan, entered Korea the day before for a 3-day, 2-night stay and visited Dongdaemun Design Plaza (Dongdaemun Design Plaza).

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It is reported that he suffered an accident while on his way to see Naksan Fortress Road after finishing shopping at ).

It is said that this trip was prepared by the daughter in her 30s, who often visits Korea, for the purpose of ‘filial piety tourism’.

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