US Edition2 Chinese Men Arrested in South Korea for Using Drone to Film Naval Base
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA, JUN 26 – The suspects captured 172 photos and 22 videos totaling 11.9 gigabytes of sensitive military data shared on Chinese social media, raising national security concerns, police said.
- In June 2024, South Korean authorities arrested two Chinese men who used drones without authorization to capture images and videos of a naval base and the USS Theodore Roosevelt in Busan.
- The arrests followed multiple unauthorized drone flights between March 2023 and June 2024, during which 172 photos and 22 videos were recorded near the Korean Fleet Command.
- The suspects, graduate exchange students aged 36 and 44, have been charged with offenses including breaching laws related to military installations and aiding an adversary through other actions.
- South Korean police emphasized their commitment to taking strong and prompt action to prevent such violations from happening again, underscoring concerns about unauthorized surveillance and national security.
- This case represents South Korea’s initial instance of detaining foreign nationals on charges related to unauthorized surveillance, indicating heightened vigilance over foreign monitoring near its military installations.
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Two Chinese nationals have been arrested for illegally flying drones to film a South Korean naval base and a visiting US aircraft carrier docked in the port city of Busan, local police said Thursday. The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt transits the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 25, 2020. Photo: US Navy, via DVIDS. South Korea finds itself in the middle of a growing superpower standoff between the United States, its traditional security guarantor…
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