Tensions Derail Japan-Korea Pact

BY EVAN RAMSTAD IN SEOUL AND YUKA HAYASHI IN TOKYO

In a sign of how historical tensions between South Korea and Japan continue to hamper efforts at improving relations, Seoul suddenly deferred plans to sign a modest military cooperation pact in Tokyo Friday, after news of the accord sparked a flood of domestic criticism.

The agreement designed to make it easier to exchange military information with Japan would have little practical effect, but has been touted by proponents as sign toward normalization of relations between America's two largest Asian allies?and blasted by critics as pasting over resentment of Japan's 35-year occupation of Korea that began a century ago.

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BY EVAN RAMSTAD IN SEOUL AND YUKA HAYASHI IN TOKYO

In a sign of how historical tensions between South Korea and Japan continue to hamper efforts at improving relations, Seoul suddenly deferred plans to sign a modest military cooperation pact in Tokyo Friday, after news of the accord sparked a flood of domestic criticism.

The agreement designed to make it easier to exchange military information with Japan would have little practical effect, but has been touted by proponents as sign toward normalization of relations between America's two largest Asian allies?and blasted by critics as pasting over resentment of Japan's 35-year occupation of Korea that began a century ago.

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