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Article: (LEAD) Military procurement agency leaked classified information.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- January 12, 2006
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SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense procurement agency accidentally disclosed 170 military secrets about its weapons acquisition programs on its Web site, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
Military authorities were investigating the release by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration of information relating to a series of big-ticket procurement projects, including plans to build new submarines and fighter jets. The release of the sensitive military information coincided with the launch of the procurement agency this year, which is tasked with beefing up military capabilities with procurement of state-of-the-art weapons. ...