South Korea's willingness to curb intelligence-sharing is worrying given the immediate threat from North Korea
has spent the past few weeks testing an apparently new missile. It seems to have only a short range, so does not much bother President Donald Trump, who says what matters is stopping North Korea from developing missiles that can reach America. But the governments of South Korea and Japan are naturally alarmed. The missile can manoeuvre in flight, making it harder for anti-missile batteries to shoot it down.
). They are a petulant reaction to Japan’s abrupt decision to remove South Korea from a list of trusted countries subject to minimal export controls and to impose extra restrictions on shipments of chemicals that are essential to chipmaking.
The latest outbreak of this row is especially worrying because it is infecting areas that had previously been immune to it. South Korea’s willingness to curb intelligence-sharing is unnerving, given the gravity and immediacy of the threat from North Korea in particular. But equally troubling is the alacrity with which Japan imposed trade sanctions.
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