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A SOUTH Korean who stole 1200 pairs of expensive shoes from funeral homes while posing as a mourner has been arrested, police in Seoul said. The man identified only as Park, 59, took off his own shoes before entering mourning rooms and donned more expensive footwear when he left.

He intended to sell them through his own second-hand shoe business, police in southern Seoul's Suseo district said.

Koreans normally remove outdoor footwear when indoors, especially at funeral homes.

Police said they caught Park stealing three pairs of shoes, worth a total of two million won ($1950) when new, at one funeral home.

They then raided his warehouse and found 1200 pairs stored according to size in preparation for resale.

A Suseo police officer who declined to be named said the station had put the footwear on display for the past week and many pairs were reclaimed by owners.

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Interesting story, but not Thai-related.

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