South Korea's decision to scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan cou...
SEOUL/TOKYO - South Korea’s decision to scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan could harm efforts to understand threats from North Korea, and potentially weaken the ability to monitor its missile launches, officials and analysts say.
Much of the intelligence shared pertained to longer-term threats or post-event analysis of North Korea’s missile launches, and officials emphasized that real-time missile defenses do not rely on the arrangement. “Sharing intelligence is meant to paint a big picture using various assets and channels, but now one of the men is out.”Less cooperation between South Korea and Japan could lead to less detailed analysis of intelligence on North Korea, say analysts.
There have been 29 instances of information traded between South Korea and Japan since they signed the pact in 2016, says Kim Jong-dae, a South Korean lawmaker who got data from the military. But going through an intermediary is a step backward that could make future cooperation in real-time tracking even less likely.
An official of Japan’s Self Defence Forces said that though “a lot of people were surprised” by Seoul’s decision to scrap the pact, cooperation would continue at other levels.
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