Extradition of drug trafficker from Philippines

Extradition of drug trafficker from Philippines

Park Wang-yeol (C), a South Korean national detained in the Philippines, arrives at Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on March 25, 2026, to face an investigation into alleged cross-border drug trafficking. The 48-year-old, who has been serving a 60-year prison sentence in the Philippines since 2022 for killing three South Koreans in 2016, is suspected of smuggling drugs into South Korea through accomplices via social media platforms and is known as a "drug kingpin" operating under the Telegram alias "Worldwide." (Yonhap)

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