South Korea, Japan: An Intelligence Pact's End Carries More Symbolic Than Practical Effect

With the Japan-South Korea relationship deteriorating amid a small trade war, Seoul has moved to downgrade its intelligence relationship with its fellow U.S. ally. On Aug. 22, South Korea announced that it will terminate its bilateral intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, known as the General Security of Military Information Agreement, citing Japan’s early August removal of South Korea from a national security export "white list." The pact will expire on Nov. 24....