Ko San (left), a 30-year-old employee of Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology has been replaced by Yi So-yeon, a 29-year-old emchanical engineer at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, on the next Soyuz flight.
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Korean Cosmonaut Violated Security
South Korean cosmonaut Ko San has been replaced on the next flight to the international space station for violating security rules by taking sensitive information from the territory of the Star City space facility and allowing acquaintances to read it.
A South Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology spokesman said the violation appear to have been unintentional, but Russia had warned that the slightest mistakes in observing the rules would have consequences.
Roscosmos is not commenting officially on the replacement of Ko San. Roscosmos press secretary Andrey Vorobyev said that, under their contract, Korea bears responsibility for informational support for its cosmonaut. Irregularities with his training were originally cited as the reason for Ko San's replacement. Female South Korean cosmonaut Yi So-yeon will depart on the Soyuz flight on April 8 in Ko San's lace.
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