BANGKOK -- South Korea and Japan are working to save a key intelligence-sharing pact critical to the region's stability set to expire Saturday, but the two sides are struggling to make progress as they disagree on whether their trade spat should factor into the discussions.
Japan-South Korea rift
Intelligence pact nears end as Seoul resists US, Japan pressure
Agreement aimed in part at Pyongyang's missile tests faces Saturday deadline
Recent repeated missile tests, such as this firing of a multiple rocket launcher seen in a photo from Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency, is one reason that the U.S. and Japanese sides have urged South Korea to extend the intelligence-sharing agreement. © Reuters
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