Korea, US divided on unification minister's NK nuclear facility remarks: national security adviser

HANOI — South Korea and the U.S. have different views on Unification Minister Chung Dong-young’s remarks on North Korea’s nuclear facilities, which Washington sees as a “leak” of shared intelligence, National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said Thursday. He also recognized that the issue involving Coupang, resulting from Korea's investigation into a massive data breach and some American policymakers' claim of Korea's “discriminatory” treatment against the U.S.-headquartered company, has expanded to affect security discussions between the two nations. “There is a difference in understanding the issue [intelligence on North Korean facilities],” Wi said in a press briefing in Hanoi during President Lee Jae Myung’s state visit to Vietnam. “Minister Chung says his remarks are unrelated to intelligence shared by the U.S. as he has never obtained the shared information but talked about the facilities after learning about them from open sources. But the U.S. seems to believe Chung learned about it from the intelligence it shared with Korea.” Chung publicly identified the c

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