SEOUL: In a rare display of political unity, South and North Korea on Thursday both condemned Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for failing to apologize during a US visit for the wartime use of sexual slaves.

Their respective foreign ministries each issued statements criticizing Abe for distorting history, with Pyongyang comparing the Japanese leader to “psychopaths” and “hooligans”.

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