Younger respondents tend to oppose the agreement more than the elderly, with the majority of those between the ages 20 and 49 rejecting it as unfair.
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As claim and counter-claim flew over the Tokyo-Seoul agreement, Park’s office issued a statement Thursday saying it would be “extremely difficult” to conclude a deal that satisfies everyone.
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Japan admitted to involvement by the old military in the issue and Abe expressed apology in the agreement.
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But South Korea paid a price for it. As a condition of the pact, the government in Seoul will never again criticize Japan over its sexual enslavement of South Korean women.
US experts say the agreement struck between South Korea and Japan on World War II “comfort women” is a significant step forward in improving relations between the neighboring countries.
Under South Korean law, those wanting to hold a rally should first report to the authorities.
The two have been feuding over the legacy of Japan’s colonialization of the Korean Peninsula in the last century.
Weekly rallies have been held outside the embassy since 1992 to demand a honest Japanese government apology and reparations for victims.
The promise drew an angry response from some victims who vowed Wednesday at a rally – attended by hundreds of supporters – to fight on against Japan in defiance of the deal. Japan offered an apology and payment of one billion yen (S$11.4 million) to the 46 surviving South Korean women under a landmark agreement which both nations described as “final and irreversible”.
Up to 200,000 women, a lot of them Korean, are estimated to have been forced to work in brothels in service of Japanese soldiers in wartime.
The mood was somber as nine former sex slaves who died this year were commemorated. In the face of criticism, President Park Geun Hye has launched an all-out campaign to win public support for the deal.
China took a different tack, with state media slamming Japan’s long-awaited mea culpa as insincere and insufficient. South Korea agreed to end the dispute once and for all if Japan fully implements the deal.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se told a group of South Korean reporters Wednesday that Seoul will urge Tokyo to refrain from behaviours “that could cause misunderstanding”, in an apparent reference to reports on Japan’s intention to link the fund with the fate of the statue.
“But it was not included in the South Korea-Japan agreement”, said Lee Si-hun, a demonstrator.
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South Korea agreed with Japan to make efforts to properly resolve the statue issue through talks with the relevant civic groups, while the victims have claimed that it was not a matter of discussion between governments because it was erected by citizens and symbolizes South Korea’s painful history.
