The South Korean foreign ministry announced Tuesday that it has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States to build a framework for cooperation in the exchange of diplomatic intelligence analyses.
The agreement was signed on June 24 between Park Jang Ho, Director General for Diplomatic Intelligence at South Korea’s foreign ministry, and Brett Holmgren, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, in Washington, D.C.
The signing came as the allies shared a common understanding of the need to establish and institutionalize collaboration in the exchange of diplomatic intelligence and its analyses. The two sides have been engaged in working-level consultations for this purpose since the beginning of this year.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared, “Through this MOU, the two sides will work together to exchange analysis and techniques on various regional and international situations,” adding, “This partnership will serve as an important institutional foundation for the advancement of concrete and practical cooperation, such as releasing joint analysis reports on diplomatic situations, and will significantly contribute to laying the groundwork for a broader and more rapid informational-sharing system between the two allies.”
Earlier, South Korea’s foreign ministry revamped its units under a plan to bolster regional strategies and intelligence gathering.
Under the new organizational structure, the Office of Strategy and Intelligence was established in May to focus on policy planning and diplomatic intelligence, as well as Korean Peninsula policy and international security.
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