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A scene from the 2003 South Korean thriller Memories of Murder, starring Bong Joon-ho (left) and Kim Sang-kyung as police officers trying to track down a serial killer on the loose.

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SINGAPORE - One of the most notorious cold cases in South Korea - the chilling Hwaseong serial rape and murder cases which claimed 10 female victims between 1986 and 1991 - may have just been solved.
Earlier last month, Lee Choon-jae, currently serving a life sentence for another rape and murder, was identified by South Korean authorities as a suspect based on DNA evidence.
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