National Intelligence Service (NIS): Intelligence cooperation with the U.S. spans various fields; total U.S. intelligence provided has not declined

[Financial News] The NIS denied a report that the United States is restricting intelligence sharing on North Korea with the South Korean government to information related to North Korean missiles.
In a statement issued that day, the NIS said, “The report that ‘only information on North Korean missiles is currently being provided because of U.S. restrictions on intelligence sharing’ is completely untrue.”
The NIS said, “We reiterate clearly that intelligence cooperation between South Korea and the United States is actively taking place across a range of fields—including North Korean missiles and conventional forces, developments in North Korea, international relations, cyber issues and counterintelligence—in addition to some of the information that the government has already identified as grounds for the current ‘restrictions on intelligence sharing.’”
The United States reportedly partially suspended the provision of information on North Korean nuclear facilities and other matters in protest against remarks made last March by Unification Minister Chung Dong-young concerning a uranium enrichment facility in Kusong, North Korea. However, exchanges of intelligence on North Korea in other areas are said to be continuing normally, separately from this.
It also said that the report that “the overall volume of intelligence on North Korea provided by the United States has declined” was untrue.
The NIS said, “Despite the restrictions on intelligence sharing in the specific areas mentioned earlier, the total volume of intelligence provided by the United States has not declined,” adding, “We wish to note that intelligence sharing between South Korea and the United States is reciprocal and mutually beneficial across many fields.”

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