South Korea, Japan reach agreement on 'comfort women'

Japan and South Korea have reached an agreement over the long-standing issue of "comfort women" -- the term used to describe sex slaves used by the Japanese military during World War II.

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said his government would contribute 1 billion yen ($8.3 million) to a fund to help those who suffered.

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said as long as Tokyo sticks to its side of the deal, Seoul will consider the issue "irreversibly" resolved.

In addition, the two governments "will refrain from criticizing and blaming each other in the international society, including the United Nations," Yun said at a joint press conference Monday.

Kishida said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "expresses anew his most sincere apologies and remorse to all the women who underwent immeasurable and painful experiences and suffered incurable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women."

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