The resignation of three senior intelligence officials in South Korea

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the office of South Korean President Yoon Seok-yul announced that it has accepted the resignation of the head of the National Intelligence Organization and his two deputies.

According to “Reuters” news agency, the South Korean president’s office did not specify the reason for the resignation of these intelligence officials, but the country’s domestic media reported that the previous changes in the officials of this organization were accompanied by disputes and disagreements.

“Kim Kyu-Hyun”, a long-time diplomat and master of American and North Korean affairs, became the head of South Korea’s National Intelligence Organization after the inauguration of Yoon Suk-yul’s presidency in May 2022.

The office of the president of South Korea announced that after the resignation of these three people, he immediately appointed two officials of this organization as new vice presidents, but the new director of the organization still has to go through the approval process in the parliament.

The South Korean President’s Office wrote in a statement: “Kim, as the director of the National Intelligence Service of South Korea, tried to restore the position of this organization as the main one during the government changes. to consolidate the most intelligence-security organization of his country and established a system to cooperate with the intelligence organizations of friendly countries.” The failed launch bar announced in May and August that it had finally launched a military spy satellite and successfully put it into orbit.

In response, South Korea is part of the agreement. It canceled the de-escalation of military tensions between the Koreas in 2018. North Korea retaliated by saying that it would restore all military actions it had suspended under the agreement. China asked all relevant parties to be calm and exercise restraint regarding the launch of the satellite. class=”rtejustify”>