South Korea and Belgium discuss a reported leak of personal information belonging to President Lee Jae Myung and members of his entourage during a June trip to Belgium and other parts of Europe. Seoul says the two governments agree to maintain close communication and are looking into the incident.
The issue is raised in a meeting in Seoul between South Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo and Theodora Gentzis, secretary-general of Belgium’s foreign ministry. Korea’s foreign ministry says ways to promote cooperation in multiple areas were discussed alongside the data leak, and that South Korea is conducting an investigation while both sides continue coordinating. One outlet specifies the leak’s details as a file containing personal information of 168 people aboard the presidential aircraft that was later uploaded to VirusTotal.
Across the two reports provided, the core framing is the same: bilateral engagement focused on investigating the leak and coordinating further action. Neither report introduces a different allegation or outcome; they differ mainly in the amount of incident detail included in the visible text.
