Seoul, April 21 (IANS) The commander of the US military stationed in South Korea, Gen. Xavier Brunson, has lodged a protest against the unification minister’s recent remarks that allegedly leaked classified US information about North Korea’s nuclear facility, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. Unification Minister Chung Dong-young has come under fire for referring to the North’s Kusong region as one of the sites hosting the country’s uranium enrichment facilities in a parliamentary session last month.B…
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Seoul, April 21 (IANS) The United States has partially limited South Korea’s access to intelligence on North Korea-related technology collected via satellites, military officials said Tuesday, following a controversy over the unification minister’s disclosure of information on the North’s nuclear facility.But as the allies have been normally sharing information in regard to surveillance on North Korea, such as the North’s missile launch activity, the South Korean military has no problem in maint…
Seoul, April 20 (IANS) Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said on Monday his referring to North Korea’s Kusong region as one of the sites hosting the country’s nuclear facilities was intended to explain South Korea’s North Korea policy, expressing regret over allegations that the remarks constituted an information leak. The minister made the remarks amid allegations that he disclosed sensitive intelligence on North Korea, after describing Kusong as a site hosting uranium enrichment facilities…
Seoul, April 17 (IANS) The South Korean unification ministry has explained to the United States that Unification Minister Chung Dong-young identified North Korea’s Kusong region as the third location housing a uranium enrichment facility based on publicly available information, officials said Friday.In a rare revelation of information about North Korea, Chung said in a parliamentary session in March that North Korea is running another uranium enrichment facility in the northwestern region of Kus…