South Korea ended its review of its ‘comfort women’ deal with Japan
On Tuesday, the South Korean government wrapped up a months-long process of reviewing a landmark 2015 agreement with Japan over the “comfort women” issue. In the agreement, Japan apologized for the sexual enslavement of Korean women in military brothels before and during World War II. It also offered for the first time government money to support surviving victims through a foundation run by the Korean government. Both sides pledged to stop criticizing each other on the comfort women issue. They pronounced the deal a “final and irreversible resolution” to the issue.
However, the deal quickly faced backlash in South Korea and was further delegitimized when President Park Geun-hye was impeached last year.… Seguir leyendo »