{
  "id": 20133477,
  "title": "Uzbek national sentenced to 16 months for funding Syria-based terrorist group",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/uzbek-national-sentenced-to-16-months-for-funding-syria-based-20133477",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T07:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261115/uzbek-national-sentenced-to-16-months-for-funding-syria-based-terrorist-group"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An Uzbek national residing in South Korea has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for providing financial support to an Islamic extremist group based in Syria, according to legal sources. The Seoul Central District Court recently handed down the sentence after determining the Uzbek individual guilty of breaching the country's anti-terrorism laws. The court also imposed a fine of 1.25 million won, equivalent to the 6 transfers of money the Uzbek national sent to a designated account between January 2024 and January 2025. The organization targeted, Khatiba Jama at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (KTJ), is a UN-designated terrorist group linked to several deadly attacks, including the 2016 Chinese Embassy bombing in Kyrgyzstan and the 2017 St. Petersburg subway bombing in Russia. The Uzbek national was in Korea on a D-4-1 student visa to attend a university-affiliated language institute when he was approached by a KTJ member. The court stated that the defendant knowingly provided funding to a known terrorist organization.",
  "summary": "An Uzbek national in Korea has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for sending funds to a terrorist group based in Syria, legal sources said Sunday. The Seoul Central District Court recently handed down the sentence to the defendant after finding the Uzbek national guilty of violating the anti-terrorism law. The court also ordered the defendant to pay 1.25 million won ($936) — the same amount…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Uzbek national sentenced to 16 months for funding Syria-based terrorist group",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/uzbek-national-sentenced-to-16-months-for-funding-syria-based",
        "published": "2026-11-15T06:36:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}