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,