TRILATERAL INFORMATION SHARING ARRANGEMENT
CONCERNING THE NUCLEAR AND MISSILE THREATS POSED BY NORTH KOREA
AMONG THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA,
THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF JAPAN,
AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea (“MND”), the Ministry of Defense of
Japan (“MOD”), and the Department of Defense of the United States of America (“DoD”) (each a
“Participant,” and collectively the “Participants”);
Having a mutual interest in the sharing of classified information;
Concur in the following:
1. The Participants intend to establish a mechanism to enable the sharing of classified information
concerning the nuclear and missile threats posed by North Korea.
2. Classified information exchanged under this Arrangement may be in any form, including oral,
visual, electronic, magnetic, or documentary form, within the definitions of information covered by
existing bilateral information sharing agreements that the Government of the Republic of Korea
(the “ROK”) and the Government of Japan (“Japan”) each have with the Government of the United
States of America (“U.S.”), described in paragraph 3.
3. The Participants intend to protect any classified information that is shared among them under
this Arrangement pursuant to the following bilateral agreements: the Security Agreement between
the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of the United States of America
governing the Protection of Classified Military Information signed at Washington, D.C., on
September 24, 1987 (the “U.S.-ROK agreement”); and the Agreement between the Government of
the United States of America and the Government of Japan concerning Security Measures for the
Protection of Classified Military Information, signed at Tokyo on August 10, 2007 (the “U.S.-Japan
agreement”).
4. When MND and MOD intend to share classified information with each other, each may do so
under this Arrangement by providing such classified information to DoD. Such information is to be
handled and safeguarded in accordance with the U.S.-ROK agreement and the U.S.-Japan
agreement and to be identified as classified information requiring appropriate protection to be
shared with the other Participants of this Arrangement in accordance with the relevant bilateral
agreement.