{
  "id": 10640596,
  "title": "2 former Chinese soldiers indicted for leaking secrets from Korean, US military",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/2-former-chinese-soldiers-indicted-for-leaking-secrets-from-korean-us",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T07:57:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260929/2-former-chinese-soldiers-indicted-for-leaking-secrets-from-korean-us-military"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Two former Chinese soldiers have been indicted for leaking secrets from the Korean military and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), according to legal sources in South Korea. The first suspect, a 60-year-old former member of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as an eavesdropping unit, is accused of wiretapping communications at various Korean and U.S. bases 13 times between March 2024 and August 2024. He allegedly collected 13.9 terabytes of intercepted data and smuggled it to China. The second suspect, a 45-year-old former PLA special forces unit member, faces charges of stealing data related to joint military exercises between Korea and the U.S., as well as leadership information on 12 occasions. This individual was found to have recruited a civilian worker and PLA soldiers while operating a military supply shop near a U.S. military base in Pyeongtaek from November 2021 to May 2024.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "2 former Chinese soldiers indicted for leaking secrets from S. Korean, U.S. military",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/2-former-chinese-soldiers-indicted-for-leaking-secrets-from-s-korean",
        "published": "2026-09-29T07:30:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "2 former Chinese soldiers indicted for leaking secrets from Korean, US military",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/2-former-chinese-soldiers-indicted-for-leaking-secrets-from-korean-us-10643959",
        "published": "2026-09-29T08:12:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "North Korean mines behind DMZ blast that injured 2 South Koreans, Seoul says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/north-korean-mines-behind-dmz-blast-that-injured-2-south-koreans",
        "published": "2026-09-29T09:28:28.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}