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Coupang breach suspect identified amid foreign hiring scrutiny and lawsuit surge
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New details emerge in the Coupang data breach saga: a former Chinese developer is the prime suspect, raising alarms over foreign worker vetting. A U.S. class-action suit gains over 2,300 applicants, while President Lee Jae Myung pushes for harsher data leak penalties.
A panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court convicted eight civil servants from Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) of extorting over 20 agents and companies handling foreign worker permits (RPTKA) for Rp130.51 billion from 2017 to 2025. The defendants received prison sentences ranging from 4 to 7.5 years. The verdict was read on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
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A Vietnamese worker who overstayed his visa is now targeted by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's crackdown on illegal labor in Japan. Minh, who arrived in 2015 under the Technical Intern Training Program, performed demanding jobs for a decade to address Japan's aging workforce shortage. The program is designed to teach skills that foreign workers can bring back to their developing home countries.