Japan-Korea Defense Minister Meeting begins to request GSOMIA destruction review

Japan-Korea Defense Ministerial Meeting begins.

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Before the Korea-Japan Military Information Comprehensive Protection Agreement expired this week due to a decision to destroy Korea, Defense Minister Kono has already talked with South Korean defense minister Jung Kyung-Doo in Thailand. And encourage sensible responses.

As Japan-Korea relations worsen, the military information comprehensive protection agreement = “GSOMIA” between the two countries will expire on the 23rd of this week due to the decision of the Korean side to destroy it.

Before this, Defense Minister Kono has already met for the first time with Defense Minister Chung Kyung-Doo in Bangkok, Thailand.

Kono, in light of the launch of successive ballistic missiles by North Korea, told the Japanese government that the decision to discard it completely misunderstood the local security environment, and urged the Korean side to respond wisely. The

On the other hand, Defense Minister Chung has expressed the idea that it is desirable to maintain the agreement so far, but in order to do so, the Japanese side is required to strengthen export controls for South Korea.

For this reason, there is a growing view within the Japanese government that revocation is inevitable.

On the 17th, Minister Kono will also hold a defense minister meeting between the US, Japan, and South Korea with the US Secretary of Defense Esper, and the response from the Korean side is the focus.