A Chinese national has been indicted for bribing a South Korean soldier in an attempt to obtain military secrets, the prosecution said Friday.
According to the prosecution, the Chinese national and an active duty soldier have violated the military secret protection act.
The Chinese national, arrested on the southern resort island of Jeju last month, approached South Korean soldiers in a group chat room by posing as a soldier himself.
He offered to pay the soldiers in exchange for military secrets in one-on-one conversations.
A soldier serving at a unit in Gangwon Province used an unauthorized phone to take photos of internal documents that include information on joint South Korea-U.S. military drills and handed them over to the Chinese national.
