Tokyo-Seoul intel pact breakup feared to benefit N. Korea

South Korea's recent decision to terminate a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan was feared to only benefit North Korea and other regional military powers such as China and Russia, according to some experts and diplomatic sources.James Schoff, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington-based think tank, said Pyongyang is expected to "be confident" that the unity among Japan, South Korea and the United States, as well as the U.S. missile defense in the region are "not so strong.""It's possible that North Korea feels relieved and refrains from pr…READ FULL ARTICLE