South Korea's Cabinet on Tuesday approved an intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan to better deal with threats from North Korea, officials said. In 2012, Seoul and Tokyo nearly signed the pact but South Korea backed off at the last minute following a public backlash. South Korea has similar intelligence-sharing pacts with more than 30 countries, according to South Korean media. Main opposition parties in South Korea have threatened to push for a no-confidence motion on Han. The Korean Peninsula was divided into a U.S.-backed South Korea and a Soviet-supported, socialist North Korea at the end of the Japanese occupation.

Source: CBC News November 22, 2016 05:52 UTC