S. Korea refutes Japanese PM's remarks on wartime sexual slavery
Foreign affairsSept 24, 2012
Japan should resolve a long-standing grievance regarding Korean women forced to serve as sex slaves during World War II through a sincere apology and compensation, a senior Seoul official said Monday, refuting published remarks on the matter by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.The issue of Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of tens of thousands of Korean women for its front-line soldiers is