US restricts intelligence-sharing with S. Korea on N. Korea's nuclear facilities: sources

The United States has restricted South Korea's access to intelligence related to North Korea's nuclear facilities in protest over the unification minister's disclosure of the country's uranium enrichment facility in Kusong, sources said Monday. The South Korean military has claimed its readiness posture remains unhindered by Washington's decision, but concerns remain over a potential vacuum in Seoul's surveillance capabilities against the North. The U.S. has restricted information sharing with Seoul on the North's nuclear facilities collected via satellites, including on a facility located in the western city of Kusong. The move came as Unification Minister Chung Dong-young referred to North Korea's Kusong region as one of the three sites hosting the country's uranium enrichment facilities at a parliamentary session last month in a rare public disclosure of information on North Korea. The U.S. is known to have complained about Chung's disclosure of the information, which it believes was based on intelligence shared by Washington. The unification ministry said last week Chung made the rem

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