In December, US officials, seeking to better their understanding of North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs – and enable commanders to react swiftly if potential threats materialize – announced a new information-sharing agreement with South Korea and Japan. But the deal could be a script for a situation comedy: Japan and South Korea refuse to provide intelligence data to each other, leaving the US to play the middleman.
情报共享是要点之一。12月，美国官员为了更好地了解朝鲜导弹和核计划——以使其指挥官能在潜在威胁具体化时采取快速行动——而宣布了与韩国和日本的新情报共享协议。但这一协议可能只是一场情景喜剧：日本和韩国拒绝彼此提供情报数据，必须由美国充当中间人。