Former PLA Special Forces Ethnic Korean Arrested for Courting USFK Personnel to Steal Military Documents

According to a report by the Chosun Ilbo on September 29, a Chinese ethnic Korean in his 40s, a former member of the PLA special forces, was arrested in South Korea on suspicion of courting USFK personnel to steal military documents.

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2026-09-30 07:16 · 9月29日据朝鲜日报报道，一名中国退役监听部队中校在韩国涉嫌13次窃听韩美战机飞行员与塔台通信，存储13.9TB资料，8月初在群山窃听时被捕；另有一名解放军特种部队出身的朝鲜族人士因笼络驻韩美军窃取军资料被捕。

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Sayings · 2026-09-30 07:02 On September 29, according to a Chosun Ilbo report, a retired lieutenant colonel of a Chinese military listening unit is suspected in South Korea of wiretapping communications between South Korean and US fighter jet pilots and the control tower 13 times, storing 13.9TB of data, and was arrested while wiretapping in Gunsan in early August; another person of Korean ethnicity from a PLA special forces background was arrested for cultivating US troops stationed in South Korea to steal military data.

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