SOURCE: NYT
12-27-17
tags: Japan, comfort women, South Korea
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12-27-17
Deal With Japan on Former Sex Slaves Failed Victims, South Korean Panel Says
Breaking Newstags: Japan, comfort women, South Korea
A South Korean government-appointed panel faulted on Wednesday a “final and irreversible” deal struck with Japan in 2015 to resolve a decades-old dispute over Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II.
The panel’s findings offer President Moon Jae-in a potential opportunity to change or even scrap the agreement reached between Japan and his predecessor as president, Park Geun-hye.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said her ministry “humbly” accepted the panel’s conclusion that the government had failed to represent the victims’ demands when negotiating the deal.
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