The Korea Times
Unification Minister Chung Dong-young on Thursday rejected allegations that his reference to North Korea's Kusong as one of its uranium enrichment sites constituted a leak of classified information, dismissing the criticism as a "political trick" hampering the national interest. The minister made the remarks to reporters as opposition lawmakers stepped up calls for his removal after Chung identified Kusong, along with Yongbyon and Kangson, as a region housing uranium enrichment facilities for the country's nuclear weapons program during a parliamentary session last month. Seoul and Washington have so far officially recognized Yongbyon and Kangson as the only uranium enrichment sites. The United States and opposition lawmakers criticized Chung's remarks as disclosing classified information shared by Washington, while Chung pushed back, saying that the remarks were based on publicly available information and meant to highlight the urgency of addressing the North's nuclear issue. On Thursday, Chung again rejected the criticism as "an overblown political trick" that will only "hamper the nat
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