BBC: South Korea to continue intelligence-sharing pact with Japan
South Korea says it is to continue a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan that had been threatened by a long-running dispute.
The move was welcomed by the US which had urged the two countries to settle their differences.
Seoul announced its decision on Friday, just hours before the pact was due to expire.
Tensions between South Korea and Japan go back decades but have recently led to a series of tit-for-tat measures.
At the centre of the row are the "comfort women" - tens of thousands of Korean women who were forced to work in brothels for Japanese soldiers during World War Two. South Koreans want reparations but Japan considers the issue settled.
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