SKorea, Japan reach deal on comfort women

By The Manila Times

Dec 28, 2015 6:59 pm

SURPRISE AGREEMENTJapan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-Se (R) after a joint press briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on December 28. South Korea and Japan reached a landmark agreement on the thorny issue of wartime sex slaves that has long strained relations, Seoul’s foreign minister said. AFP PHOTO

SEOUL: South Korea and Japan reached a landmark agreement Monday on the thorny issue of wartime sex slaves that has long strained relations, Seoul’s foreign minister said.

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