Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Despite a sixfold surge in breached data, protection remains insufficient

The number of personal data leaks from government institutions in Korea has surged nearly sixfold over the past two years, with 3.91 million leaked details reported in 2024 alone, but budgets and personnel are not keeping up.

2025-09-24

Protect key technology and brains (KOR)

The race for military and other essential technologies is fiercer than ever. If the government does not toughen the law, technology leaks will repeat again and again.

2024-03-08

Protect key technology and brains

The race for military and other essential technologies is fiercer than ever. If the government does not toughen the law, technology leaks will repeat again and again.

2024-03-07

How to keep industrial spies at bay

Technology protection policy and system must be addressed in comprehensive context as a part of efforts to attain supremacy in cutting-edge and high-value technologies for national competitiveness.

2024-02-05

Navy sailor charged with posting pro-North flyers, leaking warship location

Military prosecutors have indicted a South Korean Navy sailor on charges of disseminating pro-North Korean materials and leaking the location of a naval vessel while operations were ongoing, the Defense Counterintelligence Command said Tuesday.

2023-12-19

Don’t ignore the Kukkiwon and taekwondo

Taekwondo’s rank must be reestablished on its home turf first. Kukkiwon should be the first to be renovated.

2023-06-28

Court decisions oust two PPP elected officials

Two elected officials from the People Power Party (PPP) lost their posts on Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld decisions made by lower courts.

2023-05-18

Korea says it will work to ‘protect’ Ukraine, mum on delivery of shells to Germany

The Defense Ministry neither confirmed nor denied a news report that Korea has been transporting hundreds of thousands of 155-millimeter shells to Germany but stressed that it has been discussing ways "to protect Ukraine's freedom" with the U.S.

2023-04-18