Thursday, July 10, 2008

S. Korean sub agents indicted for stealing secrets

Two South Korean agents of a German submarine builder were charged Thursday with stealing military secrets, prosecutors said.

The Seoul District Prosecutors' Office said the pair are accused of acquiring a four-page classified document about South Korea's submarine acquisition project from a navy captain.

The two are former naval officers working for German shipbuilder Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, it said. They were not detained.

The navy captain is under investigation by military prosecutors, the office said.

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