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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 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.
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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects Hery Sudarmanto, former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower under Hanif Dhakiri, received up to Rp12 billion in extortion money related to foreign worker permit processing (RPTKA) from 2010 to 2025, even after retirement. The case involves extorting foreign worker agents to expedite permits, with total collections reaching Rp53.7 billion in 2019-2024. KPK is continuing to trace the fund flows.