The Korea Times
WASHINGTON — Senior South Korean and U.S. diplomats met in Washington on Friday amid a controversy over the United States' reported move to reduce its sharing of intelligence on North Korea in response to what it sees as a disclosure of classified information by Seoul's unification minister. Vice Foreign Minister for Strategy and Intelligence Jeong Yeon-doo had talks with U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker at the State Department, amid concerns that the controversy could affect bilateral cooperation between the allies. "I will listen carefully, and talk about our position," Jeong said of the controversy as he walked into the department building. Reports have said that the U.S. partially restricted South Korea's access to its satellite intelligence on North Korea after Unification Minister Chung Dong-young referred to the North's Kusong area as one of the sites that host uranium enrichment facilities. Seoul believes that Chung's reference to the Kusong site is based on "open-source" information, while the U.S. side regards it as a disclosure of confidenti
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