Seoul to extradite New Zealand suitcase murder suspect

A South Korean court has approved the extradition of the 42-year-old woman facing murder charges in New Zealand over her possible connection to the bodies of two long-dead children found abandoned in suitcases in August (Bae Byung-soo/Newsis via AP/PA)

South Korea will extradite a New Zealand murder suspect within 30 days, two months after she was arrested in South Korea in connection with two dead children found in suitcases in Auckland.

South Korean justice minister Han Dong-hoon issued the order for the extradition of the 42-year-old woman, surnamed Lee, to New Zealand, the ministry said in a statement.