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Body of South Korea's sunken ferry owner found, it is suspected he was on the run

SEOUL: A body, which was found 40 days ago in South Korea's southern city of Suncheon, has been confirmed as that of the sunken ferry owner, police here said Tuesday.

"The body, which was discovered on June 12 in a plum field in Suncheon, has been confirmed that of Yoo Byung-eon through DNA testing and fingerprinting," Woo Hyung-ho, chief of police agency in Suncheon, around 300 km south of Seoul, said at the nationally televised press briefing.

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