{
  "id": 5896851,
  "title": "Taiwanese man sentenced to 6-year prison term in Korea for smuggling meth from Cambodia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/taiwanese-man-sentenced-to-6-year-prison-term-in-korea-for-smuggling-5896851",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T03:42:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260906/taiwanese-man-sentenced-to-6-year-prison-term-in-korea-for-smuggling-meth-from-cambodia"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Taiwanese man in his 70s has been sentenced to six years in prison in Korea for attempting to smuggle 5.1 kilograms of methamphetamine from Cambodia, according to a district court in Busan. The man was caught with the illegal substance at Gimhae International Airport in March, having received a suitcase containing three backpacks filled with the drugs in Cambodia. The court found him guilty, despite his claim of ignorance, as he had admitted that the suitcase could potentially contain drugs based on his own statements. The estimated value of the drugs is approximately 511.3 million won ($378,000).",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Taiwanese man sentenced to 6-year prison term in S. Korea for smuggling meth from Cambodia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/taiwanese-man-sentenced-to-6-year-prison-term-in-s-korea-for",
        "published": "2026-09-06T02:47:21.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Taiwanese man sentenced to 6-year prison term in Korea for smuggling meth from Cambodia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/taiwanese-man-sentenced-to-6-year-prison-term-in-korea-for-smuggling",
        "published": "2026-09-06T03:07:03.000Z"
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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."
}