J apan and South Korea on Monday reached a landmark agreement to resolve the “comfort women” issue that has prevented a normalisation of diplomatic relations since the end of World War II.
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“Prime Minister Abe expressed his most honest apologies and remorse to all the women who underwent immeasurable, painful experiences and suffered incurable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women”, Mr Kishida said.
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As part of the agreement Seoul will try to relocate a statue symbolising comfort women which now stands in front of the Japanese embassy through consultations with relevant NGOs, Yun said.
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It wasn’t immediately clear if Abe would be issuing a separate written statement or if it would be directly delivered to the 46 surviving former Korean sex slaves, now in their 80s and 90s.
– Japan made a similar apology, but refused to use government money to provide compensation, saying all such claims had been settled by a 1965 treaty that restored diplomatic ties.
“The 1 billion yen contribution from Japan is also far from covering the damages victims have sought against Tokyo at South Korea’s courts”.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said during the press conference that if Japan keeps its promise, this issue will be considered “irreversibly” resolved between the two countries, and that the two countries will also “refrain from criticizing and blaming each other in the global society, including the United Nations” – something the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan is also displeased with.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye told Kishida later Monday that the agreement could be a new starting point for relations with Japan, according to the website of her office.
After phoning Park, Abe told reporters that the agreement was based on his commitment to stop future generations from having to repeatedly apologise.
Japan has requested that the statue be removed, and that demand is expected to be one of the main issues to be discussed when the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan meet.
However, the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) said it can never accept the deal because the Japanese government avoided its legal responsibility. Nobody knows how many women fell victim to this, though the number is estimated between 100 thousand and 300 thousand.
Last month, the countries’ leaders resumed formal talks after a 3 ½-year hiatus and agreed to try to make progress on the sex slave issue.
Some in Seoul saw the deal, while not flawless, as an important step forward.
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On the possible improvement of the relationship between Japan and the ROK, Lu said China hopes that the melioration of ROK-Japan ties “will be conducive to the stability and development of the region and help promote relevant countries stick to a path of peaceful development”.
