Intelligence Leak Could Impact Upcoming US-ROK Presidential Summit
President Yoon is facing criticism to find out how the US collected intelligence on their internal discussions on providing artillery shells to Ukraine. I am willing to bet people were talking on their cell phones about it which anyone can tap and listen into. It could have additionally come from using non-secure email. Anything said over a cellphone or non-secure email you may as well concede that someone can tap into it if they want to:
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| The presidential office in Yongsan District, Seoul / Courtesy of presidential office |
Revelations of alleged wiretapping of the South Korean government by U.S. intelligence is feared to overshadow President Yoon Suk Yeol’s scheduled summit with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden later this month.
Korea Times
Yoon is facing growing domestic pressure to demand the truth and seek an apology from Washington. But this also presents a tough choice for the president to make, since such demands could spoil the mood as the two countries are set to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their alliance during the summit.
According to The New York Times and other Western media reports, classified military and intelligence documents that have been trending online in recent weeks contain internal discussions of the South Korean government on whether to provide the U.S. with artillery shells to be used in Ukraine, violating Seoul’s policy of not providing lethal weapons.
In the documents, which were identified as being from the CIA, former presidential secretary for foreign affairs Lee Moon-hee ― referred to as Yi Mun-hui in the documents ― reported to former Director of National Security Kim Sung-han that Yoon and Biden should not speak on the phone before Seoul forms a clear stance on supplying ammunition to Ukraine.
Lee noted that Seoul cannot go against its own stance of not providing lethal weapons. Thus, the only option is to change its stance. However, Kim raised concerns that such a move could be interpreted as a compromise between Yoon’s state visit to the U.S. and the ammunition deal, while he “suggested the possibility” of selling munitions to Poland, according to the report.
After the alleged wiretapping was revealed, the presidential office said it will “have necessary consultations with the U.S.” and “explore measures by reviewing past precedents in other countries.”
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I am willing to bet people were talking on their cell phones about it which anyone can tap and listen into. It could have additionally come from using non-secure email.
Of course GI Korea will say that because he was the one who praised Yoon for moving to Yongsan even going so far as to state that those opposing Yoon’s move oppose change.
It would have been embarassing to GI Korea for him to admit to the possibility that the US may have bugged the Yongsan office, because it would have shown the incompetence of the Yoon administration which didn’t properly check the security of the Yongsan office thus exposing themselves to the liability and risk of leakage of classified materials and conversations.
That and GI Korea being shown as clueless and turning a blind eye to the incompetence of the Yoon administration.
So there you are. Minding your own business.
Your phone is sitting there harmlessly on the table.
You say, “pass the strudel” or “help the poodle”.
Suddenly, Hello Google asks what it can do for you. It suggests a shopping site to buy that big black strap-on you were discussing with the homeless woman yesterday.
Anyway, back to the topic.
It is unclear how information from a secret meeting got to American 3-letter agencies.
Maybe somebody planted an undetectable bug?
A spy?
An infrared laser bouncing off the window to a CdS cell so audio waves vibrating the window change the intensity of light hitting the cell which creates an analog signal that reflects whatever sounds hit the window?
Hard to know.
Anyway, on to other topics. Did you know part of Google’s business model is selling information to the government that they physically or constitutionally can’t collect?
Hmmm…. coming from a country that banned Huawei and told the world that China will be using their IT equipment to spy on you so you can’t buy their equipment….. that’s rich. I guess the US wanted you to buy their equipment so that the US can keep a tap on you. By the way, the Huawei ban was reported cost the South Korean economy, $50 billion in the last two years – the lost business of selling chips to that company. This US sanction on Huawei alone has been a complete financial meltdown of South Korean economic interests, but now we’re finding out it’s the US who was spying on South Korea.
Interestingly, Poland convinced the US to put pressure on South Korea to ‘donate’ arms to Ukraine, says NY Times looking through the spy leaked document:
https://archive.fo/S6SsM
And sure enough, South Korea announces that they will “lend” the US 500,000 rounds of 155mm artillery shells to the US, according to Reuters:
w w w. reuters.com/world/south-korea-lend-500000-rounds-artillery-shells-us-report-2023-04-12/
Well, great to know that the future of the Ukraine-Russia war lies directly with what South Korea does, pfft.
So what is South Korea getting out of all this I want to know? Especially if Russia or China starts threatening South Korea and putting more sanctions on SK. Will the US do anything to help South Korea (as Poland urged the US)? Recent moves by the US during the THAAD conflict between SK and China, and the recent IRA moves to forcibly confiscate crucial South Korean industries – all tells me we shouldn’t expect anything but more threats and demands of coercions from the US.
“Hmmm…. coming from a country that banned Huawei and told the world that China will be using their IT equipment to spy on you so you can’t buy their equipment….. that’s rich”
Exactly. What is your point?
This is all by intention and zero fùcks are given if you notice.
Don’t worry. Zero fùcks are given if anyone notices weaponized legal system, covid scams, global warming scams, bailouts for big business, destruction of middle class, univeristy cost-without-benefit, free services for illegal aliens, lots of money going into healthcare but little healthcare coming out… this list is endless.
Korean peasants are treated no differently than American peasants. Go whine to someone else.
“By the way, the Huawei ban was reported cost the South Korean economy, $50 billion in the last two years – the lost business of selling chips to that company. ”
So America creates a market for Korean companies to sell all the high-profit items that were banned from China and you whine about a few chips.
If Korea took advantage of this golden opportunity, you are an idiot. If Korea did not, Korea is an idiot. By extension, you are an idiot.
No matter what happened, you are an idiot.
But we knew that before you confirmed it.
My point is, the US is doing exactly the same thing that they said China will do. Isn’t this ironic to you?
What? America created a new highly profitable market? ha ha ha ha. Yer an idiot.
This is the similarly laughable logic as this dude’s editorial, attacking South Korea for being spied on, justifying US spying on SK was perfectly OK because SK can’t be trusted to not develop nukes and get Uncle Sam into a nuclear war. lol… you can’t make this up, Americans. Your Trumpian-based logic based on how the world turns according to the FOX News, is what’s behind US irrationality. I mean just read this garbage piece.
https://www.ft.com/content/151880d1-51a2-45be-a26f-3cf5da933087