South Korea and Japan, "military intelligence protection agreement signed in the afternoon on the 29th. This message is one in Korea immediately broke down the pot, the South Korean opposition parties and civic groups have harshly criticized the government's decision that Japan's comfort women and Dokdo (Japan said that the issue of Takeshima) did reflection, and Japan signed a military agreement does not respect public opinion, unrealistic. They also criticized the Government for the black-box operation in this matter, accused the government of the people have to hide.
According to South Korean media reports, South Korean Foreign Minister, an official said on the 27th, South Korea and Japan have signed the Agreement actively preparing for this agreement has been South Korea approved by the Cabinet, has completed the approval process in Korea. Once the Japanese cabinet approved a military intelligence protection agreement, both sides can be formally signed. It can be said now that everything is ready, waiting for the day wind.
Korea and Japan are geographically to neighboring countries, but Korea was under Japanese colonial rule for 35 years, the issue of comfort women and Dokdo (Takeshima in Japan called), the two countries has been controversial, therefore, the South Korean people on the Japanese pregnant There are mixed feelings. In this context, why the South Korean government to cooperation with Japan's "hand" it?
Strive to share the Korean intelligence
In fact, the Korea-Japan defense minister in January last year after talks between the two countries on military protocol and pragmatic negotiations, but has not made substantive progress. South Korean government, on the other hand, taking into account the national anti-Japanese sentiment to some extent deliberately slowed down, but in April last year after North Korea launched a satellite, South Korea and Japan in swaps, share the demands of the Korean intelligence unprecedented, so between Korea and Japan agreed that the Agreement on pace.
According to reports, Korea's intelligence gathering and reconnaissance, advanced reconnaissance techniques in Japan, while South Korea has a unique advantage in the utilization of human resources to collect intelligence.
Therefore, after the signing of the Agreement between Korea and Japan in the Korean army, the Korean social trends, the North Korean nuclear and missile areas in the future can be each other's needs, and information sharing.
The South Korean government officials also said that Japan in the comprehensive utilization of the Korean intelligence capability to defend South Korea's security interests, the need for rational use of intelligence satellites, early alarms, patrol aircraft.
The official also stressed that South Korea and the U.S. alliance, the alliance of the United States and Japan. Therefore, Japan is South Korea's security, is the undeniable existence. Especially now, the Korean Peninsula is an extraordinary period, and exchanges between the Government of Japan is necessary.
In addition, the signing of the military intelligence protection agreement will give Japan and South Korea shared the North Korean nuclear and missile intelligence to provide a legal basis.
South Korean opposition parties and the public strongly opposed to
South Korean defense minister Kim wide town on the 17th said that the matter will be taken into account the national mood will not rush to deal with. But now the Government's attitude to the 180-degree turn. After just over a month, the South Korean government on the 26th at a cabinet meeting approved the agreement, but did not announce the news. Yonhap, the Korean government has been kept confidential until the national media disclosure agreement will be signed on the 29th admitted. That citizens are quite dissatisfied.
South Korean opposition Democratic Party, Mr Jiang Chang said in a talk show, "South Korea and Japan, many historical issues remain unresolved, on such a sensitive issue, the Government should agree with the consent of the nationals.
Korea Economic Justice Citizens' Federation, said the Korea-Japan inter-governmental deliberations process and the agreement should be above board be made public without the consent of the national military protection agreement agree should be starting from the origin, re-discussed. "
Some folk believe that, "Japan is still not free from militarism, government Gu Guomin the opposition in this case, the secret, non-public practice nationals is absolutely not acceptable.
In this regard, the South Korean Foreign Ministry officials said, "Although criticism of the domestic public opinion," boiling ", but this is the agreement between the countries, it is difficult to delay". The official also revealed that the procedures of the Agreement in Korea basically been completed, he sent President signature authorization, there is no change in the afternoon on the 29th will be signed according to plan.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an official said South Korea and Japan From a practical perspective, does not and can not establish a military alliance, so understand this Agreement for the alliance is unfounded.
The United States made positive comments
The military intelligence protection agreement to be signed by the U.S. government between Korea and Japan on the 27th to give a positive evaluation.
U.S. State Department officials in response to a Yonhap reporter's question, it seems that the wish to avoid some specific questions, just bureaucratic jargon, said: "South Korea and Japan are our allies, we welcome them as a close relationship between the neighbors."
Public opinion analysis is that the "2 +2" meeting held on the 14th of this month, the Korea-US diplomatic, defense minister, Korea and the U.S. reached an order to Japan, the ROK-US security cooperation, strengthen the cooperation mechanism of consensus. In the end, the South Korean government was forced to pressure from the United States, pressing ahead with the process of the deliberations of the Korea-Japan military agreement.
Japan to promote Japan-ROK military cooperation has been relatively positive, that voice, said the military cooperation between the two countries will open the door to the United States and Japan and South Korea alliance, " South Korea, the United States and Japan is likely to Japan and South Korea military intelligence protection agreement as an opportunity to expand the trilateral military cooperation.
The United States asked South Korea and Japan signed a military agreement as soon as possible to strengthen military cooperation, the strategic needs of the United States in Northeast Asia, the firm establishment of the trilateral military alliance. South Korean experts said, the future, South Korea and Japan will not just stop at the level of the exchange of information is likely to be more substantive military cooperation in the direction of development.
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