The shoe thief of Seoul

About 1,200 pairs of shoes stolen by a South Korean man on display, waiting for their original owners, on the compound of a police station in Seoul Photograph: YONHAP/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: YONHAP/guardian.co.uk Two men examine the haul of shoes Photograph: YONHAP/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: YONHAP/guardian.co.uk The thief took the shoes from mourners who traditionally remove their footwear at funerals Photograph: YONHAP/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: YONHAP/guardian.co.uk The thief then sold the stolen shoes through his own second-hand shoe business Photograph: YONHAP/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: YONHAP/guardian.co.uk