Murder of Yun Geum-i

On October 28, 1992, 26-year-old South Korean sex worker Yun Geum-i was sexually assaulted and murdered by U.S.

Private Kenneth Lee Markle III at a camp town in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

The case sparked controversy and Anti-American sentiment, as well as advocacy for reviewing the U.S.–South Korea Status of Forces Agreement.

[citation needed] In 1992, Yun Geum-i, a kijichon (camptown) sex worker in the city Dongducheon, was killed by U.S.

[7] The murder of a prostitute did not itself spark a national debate about the prerogatives of the U.S. forces;[citation needed] on the other hand, the 1995 rape of a twelve-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl by three American servicemen (one U.S. Navy Seaman, two U.S. Marines) elicited much public outrage and brought wider attention to military-related violence against women.