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Dong Guangping, a 68-year-old former Chinese police officer imprisoned multiple times for pro-democracy activism, was detained by South Korea's coast guard on May 26, 2026 after crossing the Yellow Sea from Weihai, China in a 3.3-meter inflatable boat. His case — the second high-profile seaborne escape by a Chinese dissident to South Korea in three years — tests Seoul's willingness to grant asylum to Chinese nationals at a moment when President Lee Jae-myung is actively rebuilding ties with Beijing.