Body of hiker who went missing in April found below peak on Mount Bukhan

CCTV footage of a woman surnamed Kim on April 16, a day before she went missing [YONHAP]

A woman who disappeared while hiking on Mount Bukhan in northern Seoul last month has been found dead 28 days after she was reported missing, police and fire authorities said Saturday.

The woman’s body was found on Friday afternoon near the base of Nojeokbong, a peak on the mountain.

Police identified the body as that of the missing woman, who was surnamed Kim and reported missing in mid-April.

The Songpa Police Precinct received a missing-persons report at 11:28 a.m. on April 17 from Kim's husband, prompting a search operation.

Kim’s husband filed the report after receiving a call from her workplace about two hours earlier, saying that she had not shown up for work.

Closed-circuit television footage showed Kim walking around noon that day from Doseon Temple in Gangbuk District, northern Seoul, toward Yongammun, a gate on the stone wall that runs through the mountain, according to police. However, they were unable to determine her whereabouts afterward.

Police plan to return the body to her family and investigate the exact cause and circumstances of her death.

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