News Conference: Women and Japanese Troops

news conference: The agreement signed in December 2015 included the establishment of a foundation to help the victims, according to The Japan Times. South Korean President Moon Jae-in's administration, formed after the signing of the pact, decided last year to dissolve the organization, saying the issue cannot be resolved under the accord. The term comfort women is a euphemism used to refer to women who provided sex, including those who did so against their will, for Japanese troops before and during World War II. ; The 2015 Japan-South Korea agreement that acknowledged the final and irreversible settlement of the comfort women issue should be implemented even after the change of administration in South Korea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a news conference. South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said in an ordinary session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday that the matter has not been settled because the accord lacked a victim-centered approach. Based on the 2015 agreement, Japan had provided 1 billion to help set up the foundation. Of the 47 former comfort women in South Korea who were alive when the foundation was set up, 36 have accepted money from the foundation, or 100 million won 9.8 million each. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.