South Korea's Lee dismissed claims that a minister leaked classified information as 'absurd.' These reports followed the Unification Minister discussing an unconfirmed uranium enrichment facility in North Korea.

South Korean media have reported the U.S. has stopped sharing some intelligence on North Korea, partly because Unification Minister ‌Chung Dong-young spoke publicly about a previously unconfirmed uranium enrichment ‌facility ⁠in the country