The ADD case of the Defense Science Research Institute is classified into two major issues. The first is the essence of the incident, the unprecedented release of the largest records of 23 retired researchers in 2018-2019, and the second is the employment of ADD retired researchers at the UAE Khalifa University affiliated research institute. This report today focuses on the second issue, ADD retirement researchers, on the employment issues of the UAE Khalifa University affiliated research institute.

One of the suspects of unauthorized material export, who retired from ADD last year, went directly to the Khalifa University affiliated research institute. In addition, about six ADD retired researchers are known to have written at the Khalifa University affiliated research institute. Seven ADD retired researchers are conducting research and development activities for weapons systems for the security of the UAE at Khalifa University's affiliated research institute.

Khalifa University's affiliated research institute was considered the birthplace of the UAE version of ADD, which was jointly promoted by the UAE-Korea government two years ago. However, the UAE version of the ADD plan has been canceled due to the lack of Korean-specific technology that Orot can transfer to and the legal obstacles.

Few people believed that ADD retirement researchers pioneered their way to Khalifa University. The reasoning sounded more reasonable that someone might have opened the way to Khalifa University. [▶ [Interview file] Primer of ADD confidential leak case UAE Khalifa and small steps investigation]
Yesterday (6th) The World Daily published an answer. In an interview with former Defense Minister Song Young-moo, the Ministry of National Defense reported that the UAE had suggested "take an ADD retiree." Seok-Ju Yeo, former head of defense policy at the World Daily, said, “We could not establish a UAE version of ADD, so instead the UAE hired ADD retired researchers to turn the research and development foundation.”

The World Daily report said in a word, the Ministry of National Defense gave ADD retirement researchers the way to Khalifa University. ADD retired researchers, who are more than just individuals, are classified as a national asset, are sent to the UAE by the Ministry of National Defense. After the ADD classified leak, the Department of Defense, who was reluctantly consistent with the fact that ADD retired researchers went to the University of Khalifa, was left out.

You need to look beyond the Department of Defense. Korea-UAE cooperation is not limited to the defense industry. Cooperation between the two countries is proceeding by comprehensively calculating the gains and losses on exchanges in various areas of the government, such as the economy, diplomacy, and defense. That is why the ADD retirement researchers' journey to Khalifa University is not the sole decision of the Ministry of National Defense.
● "To guide you on how to do defense R & D"

To confirm the article in the World Daily, the reporter called former minister Song Young-moo yesterday morning. Song said, "It's a little difficult to confirm that." He hung up, saying, "I'll check the story and talk." While waiting, I made several calls and text messages, but Minister Song did not respond at all.

Seok-Ju Yeo, former head of defense policy, acknowledged the report. In a telephone conversation with the reporter, Mr. Yeo added, “The UAE has been offering proposals to the UAE for a long time.” And “Guiding how to do defense R & D.” “The UAE is not a hostile country,” she said, and stressed the harmlessness of ADD retirement researcher UAE.

It seems that ADD retired researchers have often appeared as representatives of the UAE when negotiating defense cooperation between Korea and the UAE in the UAE. Mr. Yeo said, “ADD retired researchers did not report to the UAE and went to the UAE, but they appeared in the meeting (between Korea and the UAE) and knew (the fact that the retired researchers went to the UAE).”

After the UAE version of the ADD plan was disrupted, the Ministry of National Defense first proposed to the UAE the use of the ADD retirement researcher, and the UAE accepted it and the ADD retirement researchers went to Khalifa University. I wonder if the discussions on whether the ADD retired researchers armed with the best defense science and technology were leaked overseas, and whether the Pentagon's intervention and initiative were right in the process, were conducted internally within the Pentagon or at the government level. Also, how will the suspects of the ADD confidentiality case go to Khalifa University?

● Was it decided by the Ministry of National Defense alone?
President Moon Jae-in, former U.S. secretary-general for the UAE's special foreign affairs adviser, Jong-Seok Lim, head of the secretariat, visited the UAE on February 18-20. The special envoy included officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The Blue House Defense Reform Secretariat and the Defense Agency's International Cooperation Center were also accompanied.

As seen in the UAE's visit to the UAE, which was headed by former chief Lim Jong-suk in February, Korea-UAE cooperation is a comprehensive relationship covering energy, diplomacy, and defense. Providing the best-in-class state-of-the-art know-how for defense R & D called ADD retirement researcher to the UAE is one of Korea's major UAE cooperation cards. The government would have put the ADD retirement researcher card along with a number of other cards from both countries to take and discard the profits and losses.

In other words, it is likely that the ADD retirement researchers decided to go to the University of Khalifa in the UAE by consulting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. An official of the Ministry of National Defense said, “At the time of Minister Song Young-moo, the Ministry of National Defense had a UAE TF team dedicated to Korea-UAE cooperation, and until a trivial matter, it was decided with the Blue House and related ministries from time to time.”

The second issue of the ADD confidentiality leak, the mystery of ADD retirement researchers' job hunting at Khalifa University is almost solved. The final mystery of the mystery is, "Why did you have to send the ADD researchers, who are themselves defense science secrets, to the UAE?" I hope it will be revealed soon.