Intelligence leaks from Washington have generated global headlines, but nowhere have the fallout and embarrassment been more explosive than here, with the government of President Yoon Suk Yeol forced on the defensive and even the firebrand opposition leader expressing some sympathy for Mr. Yoon’s dilemma.
The disclosures are generating crimson faces and political consternation in the Biden administration, which has been forced — again — to explain why the U.S. is spying on some of its closest allies, including Canada, Israel and the U.K.
“The defense ministers of the two countries agreed on the fact that a large number of these documents have been falsified,” the presidential office said in a message sent to foreign reporters Tuesday. “It is kind of disappointing to me if it is true,” he continued. “I do hope this can be an issue of forgery, as announced by the South Korean government.
The Yongsan compound “is a military facility,” the presidential message to reporters read. “Unlike [the Blue House] where the presidential office, secretarial office and security office were scattered, we now maintain ‘tight security’ through an integrated security system and dedicated personnel.” Amid domestic criticisms that Mr. Yoon had made all the concessions and Japan had offered none, the initiative did not please the South Korean public.Sensitive personnel, sensitive issue
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