South Korea's termination of a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan is a "strategic miscalculation" that will only benefit China, Russia and North Korea as it diminishes the influence of the United States, their joint ally, in the region, observers said.
The treaty, known as the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), was brokered by the US and fosters direct intelligence-sharing between the two Asian countries.
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