Explained: Japan, South Korea’s trade war puts military intelligence-sharing pact at stake | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Japan, South Korea’s trade war puts military intelligence-sharing pact at stake | Explained News, The Indian Express

By AP |Seoul |Published: August 10, 2019 7:33:06 pm

Explained: Japan, South Korea’s trade war puts military intelligence-sharing pact at stake

The agreement took years of discussion and saw a near-collapse at one point. Any military cooperation with Japan is difficult because of strong resentment against Japanese brutality during its 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula.

The General Security of Military Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, went into effect in November 2016 as the two neighbours agreed to step up cooperation in the face of North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat.

South Korea has threatened to end a military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan as a squabble over trade escalates. The breakdown in ties comes as North Korea stages a series of missile tests into the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.