Settling the sex slavery dilemma between Korea and Japan

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (R) and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida attend a joint press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 28, 2015. South Korea and Japan reached a final, irreversible agreement on Japan’s wartime sex slavery of Korean women, but complaints remained as Seoul failed to extract Tokyo’s acknowledgement of “legal” responsibility for the war crime. (Xinhua/Newsis)

Foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan held discussion in Seoul on Monday 28th December arriving at a conclusion that would solve the issue of sex slavery between Korea and Japan. The settlement says that Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe would apologize and offer his deepest regrets and condolences to the victims, in addition to Japan’s acknowledgement of the sex slavery victims and the damage these women suffered.

They also agreed on establishing an institute to help South Korean victims sponsored by the Japanese government with about billion yen (over 8 million dollars).

On its side, South Korea agreed that the issue of sex slavery would be solved irreversibly if Japan stood by its words. Also both governments, Korean and Japanese, promised to stop criticizing each other on the case of sex slavery.

On her side, president Park Geun Hye said she hopes the two countries will start a new relationship by building trust as they have reached the agreement after an arduous process, according to KBS news.

While Shinzo Abe expressed apology and repentance to victims who experienced pain and suffered wounds. He said Japan will faithfully carry out projects to restore the honor and dignity of the victims and to heal their scars.

over the past twenty months, the two sides held about 12 discussions to try to resolve this issue.