South Korea's Expanded Espionage Law Takes Effect amid Push to Protect Chip Technology

South Korea's expanded espionage law ‌takes effect on Sunday, broadening espionage offences beyond acts involving North Korea to include all foreign countries as Seoul seeks to protect key technologies amid intensifying competition in semiconductors and other strategic industries. Here are more details: * The National Assembly passed the revised Criminal Act on February 26 after years of criticism that existing laws were ill-suited to punish technology and industrial espionage involving non-North Korean actors.