South Korea on Friday was unable to confirm whether the United States was limiting its intelligence sharing following reports that Washington was upset by Seoul’s public disclosure of an undeclared North Korean nuclear enrichment facility.

“We are not aware of any restrictions on intelligence sharing between South Korea and the U.S.,” a Unification Ministry spokesperson said in a news briefing Friday when asked whether Washington had moved to suspend its intelligence sharing with Seoul. 

The spokesperson’s remarks relate to Unification Minister Chung Dong-young’s commentsduring a parliamentary session March 6, when he raised the existence of a purported third North