Why Do South Koreans Object to Japan Military Pact?

Associated Press

Protesters in Seoul on June 29, the day South Korea walked away at the last minute from a military pact with Japan.

It hasn’t been a banner couple of months in relations between South Korea and Japan, despite Tokyo’s declaration this week that it has its closest historical, economic and cultural bonds with Seoul.
Long-running disputes over a rocky outcrop between the nations and the treatment of women who were used as sex slaves during World War II have flared up once again. Amid those tensions, Seoul dramatically backed off an agreement in late June over military information sharing with Tokyo, a decision widely portrayed as due to public unease about closer ties with Japan.

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