Five of the eight directors of a foundation set up by the South Korean government to support former “comfort women” with Japanese funding have submitted their resignations. The resignations of all five private-sector members on the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation’s board were dated Dec 26, and raise the
Five of the eight directors of a foundation set up by the South Korean government to support former “comfort women” with Japanese funding have submitted their resignations.
The resignations of all five private-sector members on the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation’s board were dated Dec 26, and raise the possibility that its management may have effectively ceased.
The foundation was formally launched in July last year with 11 board members as part of the implementation of a 2015 agreement between South Korea and Japan concerning Korean women forced to work in Japan’s wartime military brothels.
In the spring of last year, two stepped down.
