South Korea, Japan to discuss military pact

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea and Japan planned military talks Monday on accords to share intelligence and provide each other with fuel and medical support, officials said, in what would be their first military agreement since Tokyo's brutal colonial rule of the Korean peninsula ended in 1945.

Seoul and Tokyo are important trading and diplomatic partners, but the possibility of such a military treaty is a sensitive topic in South Korea, where many people still harbor strong resentment against Japan's 35-year occupation. Bilateral ties often suffer over territorial and historical disputes stemming from the colonial legacy.

Monday's talks, however, come as Tokyo and Seoul struggle to deal with a shared worry over North Korean aggression, including the deadly shelling of a front-line South Korean island on Nov. 23.

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and his Japanese counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa were to have talks Monday on the military accords, North Korea's nuclear weapons programs and the artillery attacks, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry.

The accords are aimed at strengthening defense cooperation by sharing important intelligence, mostly on North Korea, and assisting each other's military with fuel and medical supplies during peacekeeping operations abroad, a Defense Ministry official said.
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Former enemies have come a long way.

[Valin]

Fox News:

 

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea and Japan planned military talks Monday on accords to share intelligence and provide each other with fuel and medical support, officials said, in what would be their first military agreement since Tokyo's brutal colonial rule of the Korean peninsula ended in 1945.

 

Can we say China?

[nickydog]

Yep, plus North Korean saber rattling.

[ErnstBlofeld]

For at least 1000 years there has been interaction between Korea and Japan.In modern times from 1910-1945, there has been bitterness stemming from disputes of the Japense Occupation of 1910-1945.Today, Japan and South Korea are major trading partners, and many students, tourists, entertainers, and business people travel between the two countries. Contrarily, North Korea has few political or economic relations with Japan.

[Rokke]

This is what needs to happen in Asia. The Japanese, South Koreans, Taiwanese, Singaporeans...all have very potent militaries and mutual security interests. If they aren't going to work together, it won't matter if we help or not.

[ErnstBlofeld]

This is what needs to happen in Asia. The Japanese, South Koreans, Taiwanese, Singaporeans...all have very potent militaries and mutual security interests. If they aren't going to work together, it won't matter if we help or not.

 

I would also include the Vietnamese. They have a stake in the Spratly Island chain.After Vietnam's unification in 1975, Vietnam began to establish permanent bases in the islands They are a bit tired of the Chinese interference.

[Rokke]

This is what needs to happen in Asia. The Japanese, South Koreans, Taiwanese, Singaporeans...all have very potent militaries and mutual security interests. If they aren't going to work together, it won't matter if we help or not.

 

I would also include the Vietnamese. They have a stake in the Spratly Island chain. They are a bit tired of the Chinese interference.

Good point.

[ErnstBlofeld]

This is what needs to happen in Asia. The Japanese, South Koreans, Taiwanese, Singaporeans...all have very potent militaries and mutual security interests. If they aren't going to work together, it won't matter if we help or not.

 

I would also include the Vietnamese. They have a stake in the Spratly Island chain. They are a bit tired of the Chinese interference.

Good point.

 

The Vietnamese has offered to the U.S. Navy and the Russians the use of Cam Ranh Bay just to offset the menace of the PLAN. The last time the American armed forces were there was April 3,1975.

[Valin]

This is what needs to happen in Asia. The Japanese, South Koreans, Taiwanese, Singaporeans...all have very potent militaries and mutual security interests. If they aren't going to work together, it won't matter if we help or not.

 

I would also include the Vietnamese. They have a stake in the Spratly Island chain. They are a bit tired of the Chinese interference.

Good point.

 

The Vietnamese has offered to the U.S. Navy and the Russians the use of Cam Ranh Bay just to offset the menace of the PLAN. The last time the American armed forces were there was April 3,1975.

 

 

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