A senior U.S. official said Friday that Washington expects Seoul to “uphold” the standards of their decadeslong alliance, amid heightened concerns over apparent friction in the countries’ intelligence cooperation.
“We expect the ROK to uphold the standards of our decadeslong alliance, in particular concerning matters of intelligence and counterintelligence,” the senior U.S. administration official told Yonhap News Agency in a written statement
The remarks follow growing speculation over bilateral friction after South Korea’s National Intelligence Service acknowledged it was excluded from a June trilateral meeting, also involving Japan, on North Korean cyber threats. Local media reports indicated the agency was left out at Washington’s request.
South Korea and the United States have faced signs of friction in the intelligence field after Seoul Unification Minister Chung Dong-young’s public disclosure of a North Korean uranium enrichment facility in Kusong, North Korea in March.
While Chung has said he only shared what was already in the public domain, the move appears to have prompted Washington to restrict Seoul’s access to some intelligence related to North Korea in apparent protest over the disclosure.
2. How is this related to the sub
(1) Collective defense in Asia-pacific: The coupang crisis continues to hamper intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and Korea. Americans are still upset over Coupang.
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A senior U.S. official said Friday that Washington expects Seoul to “uphold” the standards of their decadeslong alliance, amid heightened concerns over apparent friction in the countries’ intelligence cooperation.
“We expect the ROK to uphold the standards of our decadeslong alliance, in particular concerning matters of intelligence and counterintelligence,” the senior U.S. administration official told Yonhap News Agency in a written statement
The remarks follow growing speculation over bilateral friction after South Korea’s National Intelligence Service acknowledged it was excluded from a June trilateral meeting, also involving Japan, on North Korean cyber threats. Local media reports indicated the agency was left out at Washington’s request.
South Korea and the United States have faced signs of friction in the intelligence field after Seoul Unification Minister Chung Dong-young’s public disclosure of a North Korean uranium enrichment facility in Kusong, North Korea in March.
While Chung has said he only shared what was already in the public domain, the move appears to have prompted Washington to restrict Seoul’s access to some intelligence related to North Korea in apparent protest over the disclosure.
2. How is this related to the sub
(1) Collective defense in Asia-pacific: The coupang crisis continues to hamper intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and Korea. Americans are still upset over Coupang.