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South Korean Man Found Dead in HCMC Apartment

In what's becoming a seemingly weekly occurrence, another foreign national has died in Saigon. Korean Kim Tea Sik was found dead in his HCMC apartment yesterday morning.

Sik's naked body was discovered by relatives who told police they visited his apartment after attempts to reach him by phone had failed.

Sik, 55, had lived in his District 12 apartment for several months.

Ho Chi Minh City police are investigating the death and took the body to a morgue for an autopsy to identify the cause of death.

 

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[Tuoi Tre]

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