S. Korea, US in close communication to resolve intel sharing misunderstanding: security adviser

HANOI — South Korea and the United States have been in close communication to resolve misunderstandings over Unification Minister Chung Dong-young's public disclosure of a North Korean nuclear facility, Seoul's top security official said, amid speculation that Washington may have scaled back intelligence sharing over the issue. National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac made the remarks after media reports that Washington has partially suspended intelligence sharing on North Korea in protest of Chung's remarks about a uranium enrichment facility in North Korea's western city of Kusong during a parliamentary session last month. "We are actively communicating with the U.S. over this issue," Wi told reporters in Hanoi on Thursday during President Lee Jae Myung's trip to Vietnam. "Both sides are making efforts to find an exit (from this situation)." There appear to be "some differences in perception" between the two sides, Wi noted, as Chung has said he obtained the information on Kusong's nuclear facility from publicly available sources, while the U.S. suspects the minister may have disclosed

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