The General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) between Seoul and Tokyo will soon reach its final stage, the South Korean Defense Ministry (MND) said on Friday.

Allowing both sides to exchange classified military information on the DPRK directly; Monday’s news of the tentative agreement sparked an angry reaction from North Korea.

“This hideous act of treachery aimed to stifle the fellow countrymen in the north in league with the sworn enemy of the nation is a dangerous act of pushing the already tense situation on the Korean peninsula,” the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee said on Thursday.

Criticizing South Korean President Park Geun-hye as the “top-class trouble-maker” and Japan as the “descendants of Samurais,” the statement covered by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) also claimed the U.S instigated the pact.

“This will further advance the move for the formation of a triangular military alliance among the U.S., Japan, and South Korea for aggression and the U.S. MD system.”

Seoul’s MND announced the agreement would be submitted to the South Korean Cabinet meeting on November 22 during a regular Friday briefing.

Once the GSOMIA passes through the Cabinet it will then be approved by President Park, marking the agreement’s conclusion.

The exact signing date has not been released, but multiple South Korean reports said it would be by the end of November.

But recent polls indicate much of the South Korean public also has misgivings about the agreement.

A survey from Gallup Korea showed 59 percent of South Korean respondents oppose the pact, and only 31 percent believe it would benefit security.

On Friday alone, many South Korean NGOs including the Lawyers for a Democratic Society (Minbyun) have charged the South’s Defense Minister with forcing the agreement, local media reported.

There was also disagreement from the South’s three major opposition parties, which have called the pact “treacherous” during a joint announcement on Friday. The parties agreed to submit a motion calling for the defense minister’s dismissal.

One Seoul-based senior researcher said the agreement would allow South Korean access to an additional source of military satellite pictures.

“Japan has a variety of military assets for intelligence collection [compared to the South]. And it operates several military satellites, six Aegis-equipped surface warships, and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery,” the researcher told NK News on Wednesday, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of speaking to media.

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