‘Comfort Women’ Agreement to Improve Japan-South Korea Ties
12/29/2015 9:06AMJapan and South Korea reached an accord as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologized for the treatment of Korean women used as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers in World War II. The U.S. has welcomed it, but China has offered a frosty response. Photo: AP
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... the foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea the US is to most complete now likely to reach the landmark agreement that marks a first step toward normalization of bilateral time it's ... all going forward Japan and South Korea will move into a new era I hope this'll be an opportunity for the two countries Japan and South Korea ... joined forces to clear the path toward a new era ... on Monday Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's the historic apology to tens of thousands of the meeting ... will be use as sex slaves by Japanese soldiers doing will but to ... it's the mid teens to resolve the decades long dispute ... and stipulates that Japanese government bonds also by eight point three million dollars to support the so-called countryman ... but some former comfort women think it's not enough ... I cannot be satisfied for now ... because thinking about all those years we've been so our ... money does not matter for now ... but what matters is that the announcement of the human rights as human beings ... some of the forty six for women who are known to be alive said he would accept a copper mines ... political analysts say the treatment marks a significant step in bilateral ties that were set to be at a historic low ... in South Korea ... the segment over the legacy of Japan's thirty five year colonize the shin is still iffy ... until recently ... there's been friction between Tokyo and Seoul ... in September ... some saw the South Korean president's visit to China as a challenge to Japan and the US for the U S which welcomed the agreement ... better relations between Japan and Korea are keen to check training the beach and as tensions are rising in the South China Sea ... this is leaders welcomed the EU as despite tensions ... Japan and Korea are in fact each other's third-largest Rijkaard ... but in China with Japan has also been criticized for its stance and its military transgressions during World War two the agreement to Frost even spots ...
