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The Yoon-Kishida summit is an important first step towards resolving the stalemate in South-Korea Japan relations, but more work is needed for a sustainable long-term rapprochement.

For a while, it looked as though South Korea might abandon a critical military information sharing agreement with Japan. Its last-minute decision to remain in the agreement is welcome news. Established in 2016, the General Security of Military Information Agreement enables both South Korea and Japan to share military intelligence in partnership with the United States. Both countries benefit immensely, as both face a common threat in nearby North Korea.

Indian forces repelled yet another skirmish with Chinese troops in its disputed border territory in December 2022, thanks to US Intelligence.

While the Tokyo summit renewed ties between South Korea and Japan, Kishida must adequately respond to history issues of forced labour compensation to avoid another reversal in the relationship, writes Dan Sneider (Stanford University).

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South Korea readies to normalize military intelligence sharing pact Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

South Korea said Tuesday it was planning to reinstate a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan as the two countries thaw ties to tackle growing...

South Korea on Tuesday informed Japan of its decision to fully restore a military intelligence-sharing deal, as part of efforts to thaw long-frozen bilateral ties, the Foreign Ministry said.South Korea sent an official letter to Japan earlier ...

Seoul "notified Japan via a written document" of its decision to normalise the military pact, its foreign ministry said in a statement Tuesday, in a move that had been reported over the weekend.