South Korea’s presidential office blamed the previous Moon administration for the U.S. indictment of prominent North Korea expert Sue Mi Terry this week, accusing its predecessor of installing incompetent intelligence officers who bungled their responsibilities.

The accusations incited a sharp response from the previous director of Seoul’s spy agency, who countered that the Yoon administration seeks to deflect blame for the case that has shone an embarrassing light on South Korea’s influence operations.

In an indictment filed this week, U.S. federal prosecutors chargedTerry, a former CIA analyst and White House official, with allegedly working for South Korean spies in