U.S. Reportedly Has Stopped Sharing Satellite Imagery with South Korea Over Leak of Information from Unification Minister
This was a major misstep by Chung:
Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Monday his referring to North Korea’s Kusong region as one of the sites hosting the country’s nuclear facilities was intended to explain South Korea’s North Korea policy, expressing regret over allegations that the remarks constituted an information leak. (……)
“I only (referred to Kusong) as part of a policy explanation meant to illustrate the seriousness of North Korea’s nuclear issue. Framing it as an information leak is very regrettable,” Chung told reporters.
The United States has reportedly complained about Chung’s disclosure of the information, which it believes was based on intelligence shared by Washington, and has ceased sharing satellite information on North Korea with Seoul.
You can read more at the link, but Chung claims his statement was based off of open source intelligence and not imagery from the U.S.
What is this all about?
I knew about this in 2016.
“The Panghyon Aircraft Factory, located in Kusong-si, Pyongan-bukdo, is North Korea’s primary facility for manufacturing, maintaining, and testing aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It serves as a key military-industrial site for the Korean People’s Air Force, recently expanding with new hangars and fabrication halls to support strategic drone production and testing. ”
Remember the Panghyon Aircraft Factory. It will be on the test.
Is this as bad as Pete Hegseth sharing war planning with his family and friends over the social media chat app, the Signal, and accidentally leaking the whole thing to The Atlantic Journal?
Oh wait…
Why do we even need a Unification Minister? What a joke. Waste of tax payers’ money.
Different sheriff in town… best not start looking like a weak link…