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SEOUL, March 21 — South Korea confirmed today it had moved to normalise a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, as the two countries thaw ties in the face of growing...

South Korea will continue to share military intelligence with Japan to ‘beef up close security cooperation,’ according to its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Beirut: Brig. Gen. Elias Baissari, Lebanon’s acting director-general of General Security, on Monday spoke about what he called “a disturbing issue for the state and the Lebanese.” On the matter of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Baissari stressed that the GS would continue its efforts to organize voluntary and safe trips back to Syria, which it has been doing since 2017.

South Korea on Tuesday fully restored its military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo, the foreign ministry said, as part of efforts to thaw long-frozen ties following a recent bilateral summit.

Yoon apparently aims to give further momentum to the move toward improved ties with Japan that was created when he met with Kishida in Tokyo.

Between China and North Korea, the logic for increased Japan-South Korea cooperation is clear. All that was lacking was political will. 

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on March 16. It was a bilateral meeting that happened after a gap of almost 12 years. Despite the Japanese leadership, which kept repeating that no bilateral dialogue is possible without South Korea resolving the forced labor issue, Yoon has been consistently working to reach out to Japan and restore good relations.

South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young-se will visit Japan from Wednesday to Saturday to discuss cooperation on North Korea and other issues of bilateral interest

AsiaToday reporter Lee Wook-jaeWith the Korea-Japan summit meeting between President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, expectat..

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