Chinese-made pipe parts passed off as Korean in US-bound exports

A man in his 60s has been sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for two years, for falsely labeling Chinese-made pipe components as South Korean products before exporting them to the United States.

According to the Busan District Court on Friday, the man exported 61,540 Chinese-made flanges on 52 occasions beginning in April 2023, mainly to the United States.

The products, worth a combined 4.35 billion won ($2.9 million), were shipped with certificates of origin falsely identifying them as ...