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Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim is a Correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Aju News Corporation where he covered South Korea's economy and tech sectors, K-pop and inter-Korean relations.
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News Seoul prosecutors set to probe minister over remarks on North Korean nuke siteComplaint filed with prosecutors' office alleges unification minister disclosed confidential information
South Korean prosecutors are set to investigate Unification Minister Chung Dong-young over allegations that he disclosed confidential information about a suspected North Korean nuclear site. “The complaint filed against [Chung] was transferred to us from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office,” a spokesperson for the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office told NK News on Friday. The complaint was transferred to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office, as it oversees cases that occur at the National Assembly, according to ROK media. The criminal complaint accuses the minister of leaking official secrets, the spokesperson said, without revealing who filed the complaint. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |