On Friday, just hours before the expected expiry of the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), South Korea said it would reverse its earlier decision to scrap the pact. At the same time, the two sides agreed to resume talks between senior officials over stricter export measures Japan imposed on South Korea earlier this year.
Hideki Okuzono, associate professor of Korean studies at the University of Shizuoka, said Japan and South Korea avoided the worst-case scenario of a further escalation of their diplomatic row. But the neighbors still need to tackle two tough issues: Japan’s export control measures covering key items for South Korea, and the wartime labor compensation issue, Okuzono said.
“Negotiations on those issues will start from now,” he said.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/11/23/national/politics-diplomacy/gsomia-lives-whats-next-japan-south-korea-ties/
Both Japan and ROK has to step back otherwise there will be an escalation again. If what is written in the newspapers in South Korea the case is not closed.
https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/17425576/
They are describing the decision as a winning for Japan only, the Japan card is unfortunately living its own life.
South Korea and Japan traded fresh barbs on Monday, just days after agreeing to salvage an important intelligence-sharing pact, highlighting the fragile ties between the former wartime foes and allies of the United States.
Officials from each side criticized or contradicted comments made by other and in media about whether Tokyo had apologized over what Seoul said was an inaccurate weekend statement about the agreement.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-japan-idUSKBN1XZ09
Where are the adults?