South Korea said on Thursday it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Jap...
SEOUL/TOKYO - South Korea said on Thursday it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, drawing a swift protest from Tokyo and deepening a decades-old dispute over history that has hit trade and undercut security cooperation over North Korea.
South Korea’s Kim You-geun, a deputy director of the presidential National Security Council , said Japan had created a “grave change” in the environment for bilateral security cooperation by removing South Korea’s fast-track export status this month. The United States, which fears weakened security cooperation in the region, expressed dismay at the move.
“Given such issues as North Korea, everyone probably understands the importance of this agreement. But this decision was made while linking it to Japan’s review of export controls,” he told reporters. “I cannot help saying they are completely misreading the security environment.”extended losses against the dollar in offshore non-deliverable forward trade.
Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Dave Eastburn said the integrity of U.S. mutual defense and security ties needed to be maintained despite frictions in other areas of the relationship between Japan and South Korea. The decision also comes as China and Russia have been more assertive in the region, flying their first joint military air patrol together in July, which triggered an international incident with South Korea and Japan.Before the signing of the agreement in 2016, under U.S. pressure, South Korea and Japan shared intelligence through the United States.
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