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Top Court Upholds 4-Year Prison Term for Ex-Soldier for Selling Military Secrets to China

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The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's four-year prison sentence for a former Army soldier who was indicted for leaking military secrets, inc...

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A four-year prison sentence has been finalized for an active-duty Army soldier who filmed military secrets using a wristwatch-type camera and handed them over to a Chinese intelligence organization. The Supreme Court's Second Division (presiding Justice Park Young-jae) sentenced Army soldier A, who was indicted on charges including general treason, leaking military information, accepting bribes following misconduct, and violating the Information…

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Mi-ryeong = A prison sentence has been finalized for an Army soldier charged with leaking military secrets, including data on South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises, to a Chinese intelligence organization...

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A prison sentence has been finalized for an Army soldier indicted on charges of leaking military secrets, including data on South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises, to a Chinese intelligence organization. According to Yonhap News and legal sources on the 18th, Supreme Court Justice Park Young-jae, presiding over the Second Division, confirmed last month the lower court's ruling sentencing Mr. A to four years in prison, a fine of 20 million won…

A reservist Army sergeant born in 2003, who was born in China and grew up in Beijing, has had his four-year prison sentence upheld for handing over military secrets, including information on South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises, to a Chinese intelligence organization. ▶ According to legal sources on the 18th, the Supreme Court's Second Division (presiding Justice Park Young-jae) confirmed the lower court's ruling sentencing Mr. A to four y…

A four-year prison sentence has been finalized for an Army soldier who was brought to trial on charges of handing over military secrets, including data on joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises, to a Chinese national in exchange for money.

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asiae.co.kr broke the news on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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