South Korea Expands Espionage Law To Cover Foreign-Linked Theft Of State Secrets

According to The Korea Herald, South Korea's expanded espionage law took effect Sunday, giving prosecutors a new route to pursue serious foreign-linked theft of state secrets 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 secrets, including potentially sensitive semiconductor and artificial intelligence technologies.