The Korea Times
The United States has partially limited South Korea's access to intelligence on North Korea-related technology collected via satellites, military officials said Tuesday, following a controversy over the unification minister's disclosure of information on the North's nuclear facility. But as the allies have been normally sharing information in regard to surveillance on North Korea, such as the North's missile launch activity, the South Korean military has no problem in maintaining its readiness posture, according to the source. Washington's move came as Unification Minister Chung Dong-young referred to North Korea's Kusong region as one of the sites hosting the country's uranium enrichment facility at a parliamentary session last month in a rare public disclosure of information on North Korea. "It's true that the U.S. side has been restricting sharing parts of North Korean intelligence collected through satellites from early this month," a senior military official said. "(The restricted sharing of intelligence) is related to information regarding parts of North Korea's technology." The of
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