Seoul says explained to US background of minister's remarks on N. Korea's Kusong nuclear facility

The unification ministry has explained to the United States that Unification Minister Chung Dong-young identified North Korea's Kusong region as the third location housing a uranium enrichment facility based on publicly available information, officials said Friday. In a rare revelation of information about North Korea, Chung said in a parliamentary session in March that North Korea is running another uranium enrichment facility in the northwestern region of Kusong, along with previously reported ones in Yongbyon and Kangson. The local newspaper DongA Ilbo reported the U.S. has strongly protested to South Korea over Chung's remarks, citing the revelation of sensitive information about the North. It said Washington has delivered its intent to limit sharing information with Seoul over North Korea. The unification ministry said it explained the background of Chung's remarks to the U.S. Embassy in Seoul at the request of the embassy. "The minister mentioned Kusong based on publicly available information, including reports from international research institutes," Chang Yoon-jeong, deputy spoke

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