Park Myung-sik

In 2006, the murder case was relayed in the Daily NK, a South Korean newspaper that predominantly reports information about current affairs in North Korea. The article criticizes the North Korean regime and its Juche ideology, explicitly focusing on North Korean censorship and denial of religious freedom.

Park's trial was held in mid-October 1991 before the People's Court in Sinpo. He pleaded guilty to the charges and was convicted and sentenced to death. Sometime that same month, he was executed by firing squad. As punishment for giving the advice that led Park to start his murder spree, the fortune teller was sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony, which he served out in full and was released in 2006. As per the North Korean criminal code, he was then deported to another province, and his further fate remains unknown.

One day in October 1990, Park attempted to abduct his would-be 13th victim, a student travelling for work at the communal farm. He was unsuccessful and fled, but on the way, he was noticed by vigilant citizens who immediately apprehended him and brought him to the police station. Following his confessions, the fortune teller was also arrested and charged with an unknown offence.

Park Myung-sik (Korean: 박명식; 1951 – October 1991), nicknamed "The Organ Harvester", was a North Korean serial killer who was convicted of killing twelve teenagers in Sinpo from April to October 1990, in order to eat their livers to cure his cirrhosis. He was convicted of these crimes, sentenced to death and subsequently executed in 1991.