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South Korea's NIS Says It Was Left Out of June Trilateral Meeting With U.S., Japan on North Korean Cyber Threats

South Korea's spy agency acknowledged exclusion from a June U.S.-Japan meeting on North Korean cyber threats after a report said Washington barred it.

AI News Feed · 2026-10-08 16:43

The exclusion belatedly came to light after the newspaper reported that the NIS had been kept out of the fifth meeting of the Trilateral Diplomatic Working Group at the request of the U.S. side. Asked about the report, the NIS said, "There had been some misunderstanding several months ago, but it is now a thing of the past." The agency stopped short of denying the report, Yonhap News reported.

"Among states, misunderstandings can happen over different national interests. What matters is how to solve them in a timely manner," the NIS said. It added, "There is no misunderstanding between intelligence authorities of South Korea and the U.S." The agency also said it is "working closely with the U.S. side on security matters such as cyber and North Korea."

The Trilateral Diplomatic Working Group held its inaugural meeting in December 2023, after the leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan met at Camp David in Maryland in August that year and agreed to strengthen security cooperation. The June session is believed to be the first without the NIS. It brought together more than 60 participants from relevant ministries and agencies of the three countries to exchange assessments of North Korea's illicit cyber activities and discuss ways to effectively counter cyber threats.

The U.S. request for the NIS's exclusion is believed to have been prompted by remarks by Unification Minister Chung Dong-young during a parliamentary session in March that North Korea runs a third uranium enrichment facility in Kusong, alongside facilities in Yongbyon and Kangson. Chung has said he only shared what was already in the public domain.