South Korea and Japan will be stronger together than separate, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said, urging Seoul not to quit a military information-sharing pact
Gen. Mark Milley, who is visiting Japan and South Korea on his first overseas trip as chairman, told reporters on a military jet before landing in Japan on Monday that strong three-way military coordination was needed to face threats in the region.
Seoul blamed a breakdown of trust with Tokyo following a decision by Japan to tighten export controls on products used by South Korea’s technology industry, potentially damaging a major engine of the Korean economy. Japan said it took the action because of concerns the products could be exported to third countries that are security risks. It provided no evidence, and South Korea said it had sufficiently strong controls to avoid such exports.
Gen. Milley will meet his South Korean counterpart along with Defense Secretary Mark Esper in Seoul later this week.
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