First, following cases like that of Jang Mi-ran, missing persons have recently been found dead in a series of incidents in Jeju, leaving residents feeling uneasy, right?

Yes, posts expressing anxiety over the consecutive missing persons cases have been appearing on online communities in the Jeju region recently.

Anxiety has grown especially after 37-year-old Jang Mi-ran, who went missing last May, was found dead 104 days later in a palm tree forest in Hallim-eup, Jeju City.

A resident living in Hallim-eup posted on an online community stating that they personally visited the site where Jang was found. The resident expressed sorrow, writing, "It is pitch dark without a single streetlight, so it is not a place to take a walk at night," and "There are many CCTVs and vehicle dashcams around, so if there had been a proper response at the time of the initial report, she could have been found much sooner."


Posts venting anxiety, such as "It's scary to go outside these days" and "It's incomprehensible that a missing person case was falsely concluded," have also been flooding Jeju region parenting online communities.

In particular, as it was revealed that the police officer who falsely concluded Jang's case also handled another missing person case as if they had made contact, distrust toward the police's response is mounting.

(Photo Source: Online Community)