S.Korea decides to end military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan

      Source: Xinhua| 2019-08-22 19:41:00|Editor: huaxia
      Video PlayerClose

      Kim You-geun, deputy director of South Korea's presidential national security office speaks at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 22, 2019. (Xinhua/NEWSIS)

      Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said the decision was made because of trust problem between South Korea and Japan, while deputy director of the national security office Kim You-geun said Seoul came to a conclusion that it does not serve national interests to keep exchanging sensitive military information with Japan.

      SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's presidential Blue House said Thursday that it decided to scrap the military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid the trade spat between the two countries.

      Kim You-geun, deputy director of the National Security Office (NSO) of the Blue House, told a press briefing that the government decided to end the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), saying it would notify the Japanese government of its decision through diplomatic channels.

      South Korea and Japan signed the GOSMIA in November 2016 to share military intelligence on nuclear and missile programs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

      The GSOMIA had been automatically renewed each year in August. If either party wants to scrap the pact, the party will be required to notify the other of its intention 90 days ahead. This year's notification deadline falls on Aug. 24.

      Kim said the Japanese government removed South Korea from its whitelist citing a security problem caused by the damaged trust between the two countries, noting that the removal caused a "grave change" in security cooperation between the two sides.

      The Blue House official said the government came to a conclusion that it does not serve national interests to keep exchanging sensitive military information with Japan.

      The decision was made amid the rising trade dispute between Seoul and Tokyo, caused by Japan's tightened control last month on its export to South Korea of three materials vital to produce memory chips and display panels, which are the mainstay of the South Korean export.

      Earlier this month, Japan dropped South Korea off its whitelist of trusted trading partners that are given preferential export procedure. In response, Seoul took Tokyo off its whitelist of trusted export partners.

      Japan's export curbs came in an apparent protest against the South Korean top court's ruling that ordered some of Japanese companies, including Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries among others, to pay compensations to the South Korean wartime forced labor.

      Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans were forced by Imperial Japan into hard labor without pay during World War Ⅱ. The Korean Peninsula was colonized by Japan from 1910 to 1945.

      The GSOMIA was signed under the previous South Korean government amid the strong opposition from the South Korean people.

      Many South Koreans saw the deal with Japan as unacceptable because the Japanese leadership had yet to sincerely apologize for its militaristic past.

      South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha told reporters that the decision to end GSOMIA was separate from the South Korea-U.S. alliance, saying Seoul and Washington will continue to strengthen cooperation, according to Yonhap news agency.

      Kang noted that the decision was made because of trust problem between South Korea and Japan.

      KEY WORDS:
      EXPLORE XINHUANET
      010020070750000000000000011102121383295511
      主站蜘蛛池模板: 免费一级欧美片在线观免看| 日韩成人在线网站| 国产三级在线电影| 88av在线播放| 成人麻豆日韩在无码视频| 亚洲人成网站日本片| 国产男人午夜视频在线观看| 好男人在线社区www我在线观看| 久热中文字幕在线精品免费| 激情久久av一区av二区av三区| 国产福利一区二区三区在线视频| 久久久国产99久久国产一| 欧美疯狂ⅹbbbb另类| 午夜寂寞视频无码专区| 黑人粗大猛烈进出高潮视频 | 国产人成777在线视频直播| 丁香狠狠色婷婷久久综合| 最近中文字幕mv免费视频| 亚洲精品无码久久久久秋霞| 羞羞视频免费看| 国产高清av在线播放| 中文在线免费看视频| 日韩精品国产另类专区| 亚洲日韩精品无码AV海量| 直接观看黄网站免费视频| 国产三级精品三级在线观看| 1024香蕉视频| 在线一区免费播放| 久久国产精品无码网站| 精品中文字幕乱码一区二区| 国产精品亚洲а∨无码播放| 久久久久久久久久免免费精品| 欧美国产日本高清不卡| 国产一区二区三区福利| 一本一道dvd在线播放器| 日韩亚洲人成网站| 亚洲国产精品久久久久秋霞影院| 狠狠色综合网站久久久久久久| 台湾佬在线观看| 777米奇色狠狠888俺也去乱| 小雪你好紧好烫好爽|