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Beyond North Korea, Seoul’s spy law targets tech theft

The Korea Herald - Business Trade press Published 14th September 2026 South Korea

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Source-reported

South Korea’s expanded espionage law took effect Sunday, giving prosecutors a new route to pursue serious foreign-linked theft of state secrets, including potentially sensitive semiconductor and artificial intelligence technologies, as national security crimes. The revised Criminal Act adds Article 98-2, which applies when a person, under the direction, inducement or other communication of a foreign country or equivalent organization, searches for, collects, discloses, transfers or brokers state

Publication
The Korea Herald - Business · Business News
Published
14th September 2026
Original report
koreaherald.com

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Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
South Korea
Organisations
None identified
Collected
14th September 2026 · 06:34

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Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 1 · Very Low

Initial Significance Low (13.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Very Low (17.5/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (12.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points).

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Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Geographic Breadth