Experts divided over assessment of Seoul-Tokyo deal on sex slavery
Foreign affairsDec 28, 2015
South Korean experts showed mixed reactions Monday to an agreement by Seoul and Tokyo to resolve the issue of Japan's wartime sex slavery, saying that improvement of their frayed ties hinges on how to carry out the deal. Earlier in the day, South Korea and Japan reached a landmark deal to settle the issue of Tokyo's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women for Japanese soldiers during World War II. Under the agreement, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed an "apology and repentance