Police find body thought to be missing Korean man

A body believed to be that of missing Korean man, Hyung Jun Cho, has been found.

Mr Cho, 28, disappeared without trace in December last year.

His crashed car was found about one kilometre north of Kaiwaka in Northland on December 9.

Police said today they found the body yesterday morning in bush about a kilometre from where his car was found.

Police were not treating the death as suspicious and it had been referred to the coroner.

A post mortem would be carried out to confirm the identity.

- NZPA