UPDATE 1-U.S. commander says cracks in Asian alliances a worry amid N.Korea, China threats

The commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps said on Wednesday any crack in alliances in Asia that helped counter threats from North Korea and China were a worry as a spat between Japan and South Korea threatened to spill over into intelligence sharing. “We should all be concerned when any part of an alliance has some challenges,” General David Berger said at a media roundtable in Tokyo. Washington has found itself in the middle of a worsening spat between its two key Asian allies over compensation for South Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War Two that has already spilled over into trade and threatened to derail security cooperation.

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