SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday announced the formal shutdown of a controversial Japanese-funded foundation created to help former wartime sex slaves — a move that will further sour ties between the neighbors.
The issue of the women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during the Second World War-so-called “comfort women”- is a highly emotional one that has marred the relationship between South Korea and its former colonial ruler Japan for decades.
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