Elderly man found burned to death in Asan yard: police

An elderly man was found burned to death in the front yard of a home in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, on Monday, prompting a police investigation. Police and fire authorities said a passerby called 119 at around 6:16 p.m. after finding a person collapsed in the yard of a residential home in Sinchang-myeon. Paramedics dispatched to the scene found the body of a man in his 80s who had been burned to death and handed the case over to police. The door to the home was locked at the time, and no f

By The Korea Herald