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- ↑ The curious story of the Pocheon serial pesticide case: why did an ordinary housewife do such a terrible thing? NewsPim (March 13, 2015) [in Korean]
- ↑ An 80-year-old grandmother dies from pesticide...reviewing the Pocheon Serial Pesticide Case Segye Daily (July 18, 2015) [in Korean]
- ↑ The Pocheon Poisoner asked to get death penalty Maeil Business Newspaper (July 17, 2015) [in Korean]
- ↑ Herbicide family serial killer's first trial results in life imprisonment Yonhap News (August 20, 2015) [in Korean]
- ↑ "Pocheon herbicide murder case: woman in her 40s sentenced to life imprisonment" (in Korean). Maekyung.com. January 15, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2020.