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S. Korea dune merchant, 72, held over sand mining in Indonesia mangrove forest

MAKASSAR, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities have arrested a 72-year-old South Korean national for allegedly running a sand quarrying operation in a protected forest area in West Sulawesi province. The incident marks a rare instance of a foreign citizen charged with environmental crimes in the world’s largest archipelagic country.

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