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Asia Geopolitics | Security | East Asia

The Significance of South Korea’s Decision to Terminate an Intelligence-Sharing Pact With Japan

How will the end of GSOMIA affect Northeast Asian security? Also, how significant is the first U.S.-ASEAN maritime exercise?

By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
August 31, 2019
The Significance of South Korea’s Decision to Terminate an Intelligence-Sharing Pact With Japan
Credit: Flickr/ KOREA.NET

The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Prashanth Parameswaran (@TheAsianist) discuss the South Korean government’s decision not to renew the 2016 General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Japan and the significant of the first-ever U.S.-ASEAN maritime exercise.

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