Five South Koreans found dead in hotel ‘made internet suicide pact’

FIVE South Koreans found dead in a hotel room are thought to have made an internet suicide pact, police say.

The five three men and two women, all aged between 19 and 29 apparently killed themselves by drinking a lethal cocktail laced with cyanide.

An empty bottle of the poison was found beside their bodies at the hotel in the city of Suwon. Police suspect they were strangers who met via the internet and agreed to commit suicide together. Investigations show they came from different parts of the country, including the capital Seoul, and the cities of Miryang, Kwangju and Paju.