South Korea said on Thursday it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Jap...
SEOUL - South Korea said on Thursday it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a decision that could further escalate a dispute over history and trade and undercut security cooperation on North Korea.
The General Security of Military Information Agreement was due to be automatically renewed on Saturday, unless either side decided to cancel it. “Under this situation, we have determined that it would not serve our national interest to maintain an agreement we signed with the aim of exchanging military information which is sensitive to security,” Kim told a news conference.There was no immediate response from Tokyo, but Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said before the announcement that the deal bolstered security cooperation between the two countries.
South Korea informed the United States that it would not be extending the deal shortly before the announcement, one Blue House official said. The U.S. envoy on North Korea, Stephen Biegun, raised the issue during a meeting with South Korea’s deputy national security adviser, Kim Hyun-chong, before the NSC gathering.
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