Teenager Who Eavesdropped on Jeju Airport Radio Communications Found With Photos of Military Facilities

A Chinese teenager, caught secretly listening to air traffic control communications at Jeju International Airport using a private radio, was also found to have multiple photos of suspected domestic military facilities on his smartphone, it was revealed.

The Jeju Provincial Police Agency is investigating a Chinese national in his teens, identified as A, without detention on charges including violation of the Protection of Communications Secrets Act.

A is accused of using a radio brought in advance from China to illegally monitor communications between the control tower and aircraft for about an hour and a half from 9:00 a.m. on August 27 at the observation deck on the fourth floor of Jeju Airport.

He had been listening to the communications exchanged between aircraft and the control tower for an hour and a half, and the crime came to light when another customer, who found his behavior suspicious, reported it to the airport.

According to the investigation, A entered the country alone without a guardian, and dozens of photos capturing military facilities and airport facilities located in Gyeonggi Province were found on the camera and smartphone he was carrying.

In particular, the camera reportedly contained about 10 photos of a military airport in Gyeonggi Province taken from an aircraft.

A reportedly stated during police questioning that he did it as a hobby.

Police are working to precisely verify what kind of military facilities are shown in the photos, while intensively investigating whether there were accomplices and any possible connections to espionage or anti-state activities.

(Reported by Lee Hyeon-yeong, Video Editing by Lee Yu-jin, Design by Lee Su-min, Produced by SBS Digital News)
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