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Most Popular U.S. expresses disappointment over S. Korea's decision to withdraw from military information sharing pact with Japan U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he's disappointed with Seoul's decision after South Korea announced it was withdrawing from its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, known as the General Security of Military Information Agreement or GSOMIA. "We are disappointed to see the decision that the South Koreans made about that information sharing agreement. We were urging each of the two countries to continue to engage to continue to have dialogue." At a joint press conference with his Canadian counterpart in Ottawa on Thursday, Pompeo said there's no doubt the shared interests of South Korea and Japan are important to the U.S. Pompeo said he hopes the two countries can begin to put their relationship back in "exactly the right place." The Pentagon also voiced its worries. According to Seoul's Defense Ministry, Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo held phone talks with his U.S. counterpart Mark Esper on Friday morning. Jeong explained the reasons behind South Korea's decision like Tokyo's "insincere responses" to Seoul's efforts to mend ties through dialogue. Esper expressed his concern and stressed the importance of the continued security cooperation among the three countries. Pentagon Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Dave Eastburn said the Pentagon expresses "strong concern and disappointment that the Moon administration has withheld its renewal" of the military intelligence-sharing agreement with Tokyo. Eastburn also said the U.S. believes the integrity of the three countries' mutual defense and security ties "must persist" despite frictions in other areas of the South Korea-Japan relationship. He added the U.S. will continue to pursue bilateral and trilateral defense and security cooperation with the two nations. On Thursday, South Korea's top office announced its decision to withdraw from the intel-sharing pact with Japan. Seoul's decision means the agreement will end in November. Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News. 2019-08-23 In-depth: Global market wrap-up It's time now for an in-depth look at the global markets on this Friday. And for that, I'm joined on the line by Dr. Kim Sei-wan, professor of economics at Ewha Womans University. Dr. Kim, thank you as always for coming on. Thank you. We've recently seen Korean retail investors taking massive losses on derivative products connected to bonds in other countries like the UK, the U.S. and Germany. It seems they thought they were buying the actual bonds from those countries. Now the Financial Supervisory Service is investigating. What happened here and what is the FSS looking for? In the U.S., President Trump has said he's going to help Apple, which has apparently been hurt by America's trade war with China. Apple's Tim Cook saying the tariffs have actually helped Samsung. What is it that Time Cook thinks is unfair about this, and by saying it, what do you think they intend to do? At the same time, Trump didn't say how he's going to help Apple. What kind of measure might Trump take, and if he does, how would it affect Samsung? We've now seen the yield on the U.S. 10 year Treasury fall below that of the 2 year. A sign, historically of a recession on the horizon. Why has this happened? And why is this situation persisting? On Friday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will be giving a highly anticipated speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Korea time, that'll be around 11 PM tonight. Globally, markets are watching to see what he'll announce that'll affect currencies, for example. What should we be looking for? Alright, Dr. Kim. We will be watching. Thanks so much for coming on today and sharing your insights. 2019-08-23 Expert's view on ending military info-sharing pact with Japan And for an expert's take on South Korea's decision to terminate the military info-sharing pact with Japan. and what impact this will have on future South Korea-Japan relations as well as South Korea-U.S. relations, Dr. Go Myong-hyun , Research Fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies joins me in the studio today. It's great to see you. Good to be here. 1- So first and foremost, tell us more about this military information-sharing agreement with Japan, also known as GSOMIA, and why the termination of this agreement is such a big deal to both countries. 2- What action could Japan take against South Korea from here on out? How will Seoul's decision affect future South Korea-Japan relations which have already been soured due to the ongoing trade and diplomatic disputes? 3- The U.S. meanwhile said it was concerned and disappointed with South Korea's decision to end the deal with Japan saying that such a decision would negatively affect U.S. security interests and its allies. 4- From a diplomatic dispute over the wartime forced labor ruling. then to Japan's trade restrictions against South Korea and now we're at a point where the two sides will no longer cooperate over security how do you see this playing out? Is the worst yet to come in terms of Seoul-Tokyo relations? Thank you for your insight today professor. 2019-08-23 Analysis of GSOMIA aftermath and Northeast Asia security affairs On Thursday, South Korea announced it would terminate its military intel-sharing pact with Japan called GSOMIA, which was signed in 2016. The main reason for the big decision that caught many in Korea and overseas off guard was that the pact no longer serves Korea's national interest as Japan has caused a change in the bilateral security cooperation environment by imposing economic restrictions against South Korea. Japan was quick to react, expressing regret and summoning the Korean ambassador to file a complaint and the U.S. has also strongly voiced concerns and 'disappointment' over Seoul's decision. Today we go in-depth on the aftermath of the GSOMIA termination and the future of security affairs in Northeast Asia. For that, we're joined by Dr. Go Myong-hyun, a Research Fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. 1. South Korea had until this Saturday to decide whether to extend GSOMIA for another year or not, but two days ahead of the deadline, it announced the termination of the pact. Many were expecting a conditional extension of the pact but the government chose to scrap the deal altogether. What do you think is the main reason? 2. Following the big announcement, there is much attention on not just the reaction from Tokyo, but from Washington. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he was 'disappointed' to hear the news, while the Pentagon has strongly voiced concerns over Seoul's decision. FM Kang Kyung-wha has said GSOMIA is an issue separate from the South Korea-U.S. alliance, but is it really? How do you gauge the impact on the South Korea-U.S. military alliance? 3. Seoul's defense ministry has said that GSOMIA will expire in November but South Korea will keep the Trilateral Information Sharing Arrangement, or TISA that Seoul has with Tokyo and Washington. Can TISA effectively replace GSOMIA? 4. South Korea's Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Hyun-chong today held a follow-up briefing on the GSOMIA termination and he said South Korea no longer sees it necessary to keep the military pact as Japan has rejected South Korea's numerous requests for dialogue on thorny issues including trade and the compensation of Japan's wartime force labor. How do you see his remarks? 5. GSOMIA is known to have been signed between Seoul and Tokyo mainly to better counter North Korean threats. Some are pointing out that its termination would be music to the ears to the North Korean regime. How do you think North Korea is observing this? 6. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has said South Korea is continuing with its actions that harm bilateral trust, and Japan will strengthen cooperation with the U.S. How do you forecast future Korea-Japan relations? Is Japan likely to take further retaliatory measures? 7. South Korea and Japan had been sharing secrets on North Korea through GSOMIA. And given that the pact was facilitated by the U.S., how do you think its termination would affect future nuclear talks between North Korea and the U.S.? 2019-08-23
