Overview
- Senior South Korean and U.S. diplomats met in Washington to address reports that the U.S. scaled back North Korea–related intelligence sharing after Seoul’s unification minister publicly named Kusong as an enrichment site.
- National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said both governments are in close contact to find an exit from the dispute and acknowledged a gap in how each side views the source of the minister’s information.
- South Korea’s Defense Intelligence Agency told lawmakers the precise locations of North Korea’s uranium sites are classified as joint South Korea–U.S. secrets, a category that bars public release and undercuts the minister’s claim that he shared only public facts.
- A senior U.S. official urged Seoul to safeguard material shared through private channels, while media in South Korea reported a partial curb on satellite-derived intelligence that neither government has publicly confirmed.
- The main opposition filed a motion to dismiss Unification Minister Chung Dong-young, and research bodies he cited challenged his sourcing, with IAEA records omitting Kusong and CSIS saying it has never issued a report on nuclear facilities there.