Lee Jin-ho's girlfriend died after reporting drunk driving..an appeal for mental burden in one's life
Oct 10, 2025
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Yonhap News quoted Incheon Bupyeong Police Station as saying on the 10th that an acquaintance found Lee Jin-ho's girlfriend A dead in an apartment in Bupyeong-gu at 8:30 a.m. on the 5th and reported it to 112," he reported.
A is Lee Jin-ho's girlfriend, who was recently arrested on charges of drunk driving under the Road Traffic Act, and Lee Jin-ho is accused of driving a vehicle from Incheon to Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province while drinking alcohol in the early morning of the 24th of last month. At the time of arrest, Lee Jin-ho's blood alcohol concentration was measured at 0.11%, which is the number of license revocation.
At the time, an entertainment media reported that the reporter was identified as his girlfriend, A, while reporting Lee Jin-ho's drunk driving incident. Accordingly, A reportedly complained of mental burden when he was mentioned in the news.
However, the police maintained their position that they could not identify the drunk driver while responding to media coverage.
Currently, the police are investigating the details of the incident, including the relationship between Lee Jin-ho's drunk driving case and A's death.
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