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[Global Network Report] According to the Hankyoreh, a senior official in charge of anti-corruption work at the National Human Rights Commission of South Korea was found dead at home on the 8th, and the police found a note believed to be a suicide note at the scene. The official had coordinated the investigation into the incident of the first lady Kim Gun-hee accepting a brand-name bag, and had previously revealed that the conclusion of the case made him feel guilty, and he believed that the case should be handed over to the prosecutor's office.

Yonhap News Agency, Chosun Ilbo and other media also reported the news, but none of them disclosed the specific name of the deceased. Hankyoreh said that on the morning of the 8th, the anti-corruption official's subordinates found that the former had not arrived at work and could not contact him, so they went to his home to check on him and found that he had died at home. The report said that the police found a note believed to be a suicide note at the scene, but refused to disclose the specific content of the note.

The report said that the deceased had previously confided in his friends that he was asked to close the case of Kim Gun-hee accepting brand-name bags, for which he was responsible for coordinating the investigation, and that this made him "feel guilty and very painful." He believed that the case should be handed over to the prosecution. A friend of the deceased told the Hankyoreh, "The director (the deceased) sent a text message on August 6 saying, 'We (the National Human Rights Commission) have disappointed everyone recently, and I am really sorry. I feel very guilty about this.' I comforted him at the time, 'Be patient, there will be a time when you can fulfill your duties.'"