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.
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“We will continue to fight to make Japan take formal legal responsibility and apologize so that victims who have already perished will have justice”, 88-year-old Lee added.
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That was denied, however, by an unnamed South Korean official quoted by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.
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The Japanese government’s $8.1 million in reparations would go toward creating a foundation to support surviving comfort women.
For 7.6 million euros or one billion yen and reiteration of a Japanese apology, South Korea’s government agreed to “finally and irreversibly” accept compensation for elderly survivors over the long-standing issue.
“It is also a pity that Japan’s settlement with South Korea over the contentious issue is more of a political choice made under pressure from the United States rather than a decision from an awakened conscience”, wrote the Xinhua editorial.
“Minding public opinion, Japanese and Korean companies haven’t actively promoted their business relationship, but I expect this would change”, said Atsushi Osanai, an associate professor at Waseda Business School.
Taiwan’s Ma demanded the same for Taiwanese women.
Demonstrators held portraits of the former victims and waved banners condemning the deal, particularly Seoul’s pledge to try to remove the statue from outside the embassy.
Up to 200,000 women, majority Korean, are estimated to have been forced to work in brothels in service of Japanese soldiers in wartime.
Some of the victims denounced the deal considering it a political collusion between the two countries and it doesn’t satisfy their demands.
Following the historic deal, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Japan to promptly launch bilateral negotiations on the comfort women issue in order to compensate victims in Taiwan.
In all, 238 women came forward to acknowledge abuse. The statue, set up in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, has become an issue in the agreement announced on the day by South Korea and Japan to end their confrontation over “comfort women”.
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In that agreement, Tokyo claims it settled all issues of compensation to victims of forced labor during Japan’s colonial rule of Korea.
