A former South Korean defence minister and three other senior officials who served in the previous Moon Jae-in administration have been accused of leaking intelligence on a US-built missile system to activists and China.
The state auditor alleged that Jeong Kyeong-doo, ex-national security adviser Chung Eui-yong and two high-ranking officers passed information on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system to campaigners ahead of replacing an anti-missile battery in Seongju near the capital in May 2020.
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Source: South China Morning Post
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