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| ▲ Former National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong attends a court hearing over his alleged involvement in the forced repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019 in this Feb. 19, 2025, file photo. (Yonhap) |
ex-security adviser-indictment
Former top security adviser indicted for leaking THAAD-related intelligence
SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a former top security adviser under the Moon Jae-in administration on charges of leaking intelligence related to the THAAD U.S. missile defense system to activists and China.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office indicted former National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong without physical detention on charges of abuse of official authority.
Chung is accused of informing activists opposed to South Korea's hosting of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system beforehand of plans by U.S. and South Korean forces to replace a THAAD battery missile in Seongju, 215 kilometers southeast of Seoul, in May 2020.
Two other officials, including former Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo, were also indicted on the same charges.
The indictments come after the Board of Audit and Inspection raised suspicions that the Moon government leaked the information as part of attempts to delay the full deployment of THAAD, which the previous Park Geun-hye administration decided to host in 2016 to counter North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.
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