South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Wednesday called for a “heartfelt apology” from Japan to the victims of wartime sex slavery, condemning a 2015 agreement as a “wrongful” solution. Seoul said this week that it would not seek to renegotiate the deal, as it had been agreed by both
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Wednesday called for a “heartfelt apology” from Japan to the victims of wartime sex slavery, condemning a 2015 agreement as a “wrongful” solution.
Seoul said this week that it would not seek to renegotiate the deal, as it had been agreed by both Tokyo and the previous South Korean government.
But it said it would no longer use Japanese money to compensate the survivors.
The issue of women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops in World War II has roiled relations between the neighbours — both of them US allies and both threatened by nuclear-armed North Korea — for decades.
The deal on the so-called “comfort women” should not have been struck without the involvement of the victims, Moon told a New Year press conference.
