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Seoul denies US has curbed most intel sharing related to North Korea

Report claimed Washington is only providing info on DPRK missiles, despite South Korea’s reliance on US military intel

Seoul’s Defense Ministry has denied a news report claiming that the U.S. has limited most intelligence sharing related to North Korea, allegedly in response to a senior official publicly revealing operations at a third DPRK uranium enrichment facility.

“There are no restrictions on intelligence sharing between South Korea and the U.S. [needed] to maintain a robust military readiness posture against North Korea,” the ministry said in a statement on Saturday, while acknowledging some restrictions.

“Some of the information subject to sharing restrictions is being adequately supplemented by our military’s significantly enhanced independent intelligence capabilities.”

Citing an unnamed ROK military official,

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What reporting and primary-source statements exist in the NK News, NK PRO, and KCNA Watch archives about changes to U.S.–South Korea intelligence sharing since Unification Minister Chung Dong‑young’s March disclosure of a suspected uranium-enrichment facility at Kusong — specifically: which official U.S., ROK Defense Ministry, and NIS statements address any restrictions; which categories of intelligence (nuclear, missile, conventional, cyber, counterintelligence) were reported as limited; whether there is evidence the U.S. limited sharing to missile-related intelligence only; how South Korea’s independent intelligence capabilities have been described as compensating; and whether there are past precedents of the U.S. curtailing intelligence sharing with Seoul after public disclosures?
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