Seoul’s defense ministry is investigating the reported leak of a classified list of ROK military intelligence agents, which local media said may have reached North Korea.

Maeil Business Newspaper first reported on Friday that classified documents managed by the Defense Intelligence Command (DIC), including information about army intelligence units such as the Headquarters Intelligence Detachment and human intelligence (HUMINT) operations, had been leaked to the DPRK.

In a statement on Monday, the defense ministry told reporters that “the matter is currently under investigation by military authorities, so we cannot provide detailed explanations.”

“Based on the investigation results, the military will