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19:51, 08-Jan-2018
S. Korea to unveil decision over 'comfort women' deal with Japan
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S. Korea said it will announce on Tuesday if it will respect an agreement between the country's previous government and Japan that was aimed at resolving a feud over "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels.
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will hold a news conference to say what measures the government intends to take as a follow up to a public-private panel that concluded last week that the accord had failed to meet the women's needs, a foreign ministry official told Reuters on Monday.
S. Korean President Moon Jae-in has said the deal, under which Japan apologized to victims and provided one billion yen (8.8 million US dollars) to a fund to help them, was seriously flawed. Japan said any attempt to revise it could damage relations.
Source(s): Reuters