South Korean officials said Sunday they will 'come up with our response accordingly' after revelations that the U.S. reportedly spied on its close ally and gathered signals intelligence related to South Korea's internal debate over weapons sales to the...
said they’ll raise the alleged spying — which came to light as part of a major leak of sensitive documents over the weekend — with their U.S. counterparts.
For both countries, the timing is delicate. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is scheduled to visit Washington and join President Biden for a state dinner at the White House on April 26. “We will review precedents and instances involving other countries, and come up with our response accordingly,” a South Korean presidential official said Sunday after being asked about the revelations, according to the country’s Yonhap News Agency.The document dump contained more than 100 images of government papers with classification markings posted to social media sites, including Twitter.
The documents, most of which are several months old, contained information about U.S. weapons provided to Ukraine, the disposition of Ukrainian forces, and sensitive intelligence regarding several other nations, including Israel and
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