Former wartime foes in fresh spat just days after agreeing to salvage deal. FMTNews Japan SouthKorea
South Korea’s military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan is now under threat again following the latest disagreement.
Under pressure from Washington, South Korea made a last-minute decision on Friday to conditionally maintain the pact, known as GSOMIA, a dramatic about-face amid a months-long feud over history and trade. Officials at Seoul’s presidential Blue House said on Sunday they had lodged a protest and received an apology over the Japanese trade ministry’s announcement that it will continue enhanced screening on the exports of three core materials used in semiconductors, which they said was “completely different” to what was agreed.
“It is not productive to comment on every remark by South Korea, but it is not true that the Japanese government apologised,” Suga told a press briefing. The two countries’ foreign ministers agreed on Saturday to work to arrange a summit next month between South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of a trilateral meeting with China.
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