Comfort woman issue in Japan- South Korea relationship
Q. In which of the following two countries, an agreement is signed related to Comfort women?
1. Russia
2. Japan
3. China
4. South Korea
5. Vietnam- Published on 04 Jan 16a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 2 and 4
ANSWER: 2 and 4
- Comfort women were women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied territories before and during World War II.
- In 1993, the government of Japan officially acknowledged the presence of wartime brothels.
- On December 28, 2015, Prime Minister Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye reached a formal agreement to settle the dispute.
- Japan agreed to pay ¥1 billion to a fund supporting surviving victims while South Korea agreed to refrain from criticizing Japan regarding the issue and to work to remove a statue memorializing the victims from in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul.
