A 39-year-old smuggler, identified only as Yang, was caught by the Korean customs agency after making 300 million won ($228,212) from selling 746 counterfeit golf sets smuggled in from China.
The Chinese coast guard apprehended five suspects involved in smuggling more than 20 people into Korea earlier this month.
A Korean drug tycoon was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Sunday, the last of the big three Korean drug lords in Southeast Asia to be run to ground.
Indonesian sailors stranded on a deep-sea fishing vessel due to the war in Ukraine tried swimming to shore, where they hoped to get jobs illegally.
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