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Comfort women court ruling complicates ties between Seoul and Tokyo: Korea Herald
The paper says the Moon government should come forward to put forth solutions to build forward-looking ties no longer tethered to historical disputes.
South Korean supporters of former comfort women gather around a statue symbolizing a wartime sex slaves near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Sept 11, 2019.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
PublishedJan 12, 2021, 1:50 pm SGT
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South Korean court orders Japan to pay compensation to sex slaves 2 minutes read
Update 1: Adds reactions of Japanese foreign minister
Seoul, Jan 8 (efe-epa).- A South Korean court ruled Friday that Japan must compensate a dozen women forcibly prostituted by the imperial army in the first half of the 20th century, in what is the first sentence of its kind concerning this thorny dispute between both countries.
A court in the central district of Seoul accepted the lawsuit of 12 South Korean sex slaves filed in 2013 for the Japanese government to compensate each with 100 million won ($91,155), a judgment that promises to further erode the relationship bilateral of both neighbors.