(Bloomberg) -- Japan and South Korea made a last-minute deal to save their expiring intelligence-sharing pact, broadcaster NHK reported.
South Korea told Japan that it would withdraw an earlier notice to pull out of the General Security of Military Information Agreement, NHK reported, citing unidentified government officials. The South Korean presidential office separately announced plans for a briefing at 6 p.m. local time.
The pact was set to formally cease to exist at 12 a.m. Saturday, three months after South Korea moved to end the deal amid a history-laden dispute with Japan. The move came after the Trump administration pressed its two allies to prevent their feud from dealing a lasting blow to the U.S.’s regional security network.
--With assistance from Shinhye Kang and Isabel Reynolds.
To contact the reporters on this story: Sophie Jackman in Tokyo at sjackman5@bloomberg.net;Kanga Kong in Seoul at kkong50@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Brendan Scott at bscott66@bloomberg.net, Jon Herskovitz
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