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Under the 2016 military agreement, we and Japan have exchanged nuclear and missile information from North Korea 29 times. It is also argued that the information received from Japan is generally mediocre and that the impact will be negligible even if the agreement is terminated.

Will there be any obstacles in collecting military information in the future?

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Under the Korea-Japan Military Security Agreement, the two countries have exchanged information about North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles 29 times.

In 2017, North Korea had the highest number of nuclear tests and test launches of medium- and long-range missiles on Mars.

Since Japan has a reconnaissance satellite and is geographically close to North Korea's nuclear test site and missile landing point, some North Korean nuclear and missile information is ahead of our military.

[Chief Kyung Doo / Defense Minister (Yesterday, National Assembly Defense Agency): In the past, when we did a nuclear test or when we received information from Japan that we couldn't catch. The strategic value of the Korea-Japan Military Information Security Agreement is sufficient.]

But if you want to get sensitive information from your opponents, whether it be Korea or Japan, you have to pay a similar level of information.

Due to this structure of the Korea-Japan military information exchange, the level of information exchanged 29 times is not known to be very high.

There is also a claim that if the US's information capabilities are so good that it will draw stable information cooperation from the United States, there will be no loss from the end of the Korea-Japan military security agreement.

Nevertheless, since there is so much information, there is nothing wrong with it, and the end of the ROK-Japan Military Information Protection Agreement is not unreasonable when it comes to North Korea's intelligence capabilities alone.

(Video coverage: Kim Young Il, Video editing: Oh Young Taek)