Any deal between South Korea and Japan on wartime forced labour will likely falter without popular support in South Korea and tamed historical revisionism in Japan, writes Eun A Jo (Cornell University).
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South Korea marks the 30th anniversary of the day the first South Korean woman publicly spoke out about her experiences as a "comfort woman" during World War II as it commemorated those who were forced to work in the Japanese military s wartime brothels.