Japan Has Stopped Asking For Intelligence Information from South Korea
Here is the latest on the South Korea-Japan spat:
Japan did not ask South Korea for intelligence on North Korea’s recent launch of two “unidentified projectiles” after Seoul ended its military information sharing pact with Tokyo.
Political analysts in Seoul said Sunday the key motivation behind the silence was because it did not want to be viewed as seeking help to acquire classified information after the termination of the pact, commonly known as GSOMIA, Aug. 22.
However Tokyo seems fully capable of monitoring North Korea’s military activities in cooperation with the United States and does not need to work with South Korea, they added.
Seoul’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) and Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) have yet to finalize their assessment of the projectiles’ maximum altitude and speed ― two key pieces of information when analyzing the specifications of North Korean missiles or projectiles.
“I think Japan is curious to know about North Korean projectiles last week but does not want to appear to be begging for help from the South,” Shin In-kyun, president of the Korea Defense Network said. “This is why Japan has not asked for related information on the projectiles. It is as simple as that.”
Korea Times
You can read more at the link, but maybe the Japanese are not bother to ask the ROK because they already received their intelligence information from the United States?
Maybe they no longer trust the South Koreans to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth”?
I am not a fan of the Chrysanthemum Crowd; but let’s face it. Moon’s Minions are making Koreans look bad around the world. Most Koreans I know won’t talk about politics anymore.
I can speak from some experience on this, having worked with both ROK and Japanese intelligence networks. Japan decided they didn’t need any more of the politically-motivated and contrived ROK reporting on the North Koreans. I personally saw intel being twisted to fit the political narrative more times than most can even imagine while working with directly with the ROK intel agencies. Their main concern is to please their superiors and not offer any new information unless it is blatantly obvious to even the most dullard of intel analysts.
Besides, in partnership with the U.S., Japan has a much more robust intelligence network upon which to draw. They have no time for antiquated facilities and locked mindsets.