US defence secretary speaks to South Korean counterpart in wake of leak suggesting US was spying on Seoul’s internal discussions on arms sales
The unverified documents, including some apparently based on internal discussions among top South Korean security officials, claimed that Seoul was concerned that artillery shells bound for the US could eventually find their way to Ukraine.
Kim Tae-hyo, South Korea’s deputy national security adviser, claimed that the information reportedly gleaned from internal discussions was “untrue” and had been “altered”. Kim insisted that speculation that the US has been spying on South Korea – a key ally and host to 28,500 US troops – would not harm bilateral ties. “The US is the country with the world’s best intelligence capabilities and since [Yoon’s] inauguration we have shared intelligence in almost every sector,” he said.
They also underline Seoul’s diplomatically awkward stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While it has joined international sanctions against the Kremlin and provided non-lethal aid to Kyiv, South Korea has stopped short of sending weapons, citing domestic laws that ban sending weapons to war zones.
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