Japan, S. Korea strike fragile truce as wartime issues remain
(WorldNews Japan)

South Korea`s decision to salvage a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan provides relief to those concerned over a breakdown in security cooperation between the neighbors in the face of missile threats from North Korea. But the last-minute decision to suspend the termination of the General Security of Information Agreement, or GSOMIA, far from guarantees they can settle deep-seated disagreements over wartime issues. `I believe that there are ways to do it, but I doubt that either the South Korean or Japanese government under current leadership will be capable of agreeing` on any approach, said Scott Snyder, senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, a New...