S. Korea seeks victims' understanding of "comfort women" deal

S. Korea seeks victims' understanding of "comfort women" deal

Lim Sung Nam (far L), first vice minister of foreign affairs, explains to former "comfort women" who were forced to provide sex for Japanese soldiers during World War II, in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2015, a landmark deal reached the previous day between South Korea and Japan to settle the comfort women issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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