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US official hints at excluding Seoul from intel on North Korea over Huawei

Washington may stop sharing intelligence on North Korea with Seoul if it refuses to toe the US line ..

      Washington may stop sharing intelligence on North Korea with Seoul if it refuses to toe the US line and bar Chinas Huawei from installing its communications equipment in South Korea.      

South Korea is one of many nations pressured by the US to join its crusade against the Chinese telecom giant. Seoul is caught between a rock and a hard place – facing the ire of either its main security provider that hosts thousands of troops on its territory or it main trade partner. Washington is apparently playing its trump card, hinting that having Huawei equipment may prevent South Korea from receiving vital intelligence on North Korea, with which the South technically is still at war.

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A thinly veiled threat that this could happen came from Randall Schriver, the US assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs. In an interview with South Koreas Dong-a Ilbo daily, the Pentagon official said the US “doesnt want to see a situation arise where we dont have confidence in sharing sensitive information with our ally.”

Directly asked if the flow of intel on North Korea would stop over the Huawei row, he said: “We hope that situation doesnt come about.”

Washington claims that Huawei spies on its clients on behalf of the Chinese government and that any nation using the companys equipment to upgrade networks to 5G technology may face security issues.

More overt threats to curb the exchange of intelligence have been directed at other nations by senior US officials, including Americas “special” partner, the UK.

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Seoul has so far not moved to take any action against Huawei, leaving the decision of which equipment to use in a nationwide upgrade to 5G in the hands of its providers. One of its three major carRead More – Source
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