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2 SKorean ex-sex slaves demand direct apology from Japan PM

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A participant holds a placard saying in Japanese "Firm opposition against Japan-South Korea accord" as they stage a rally in protest against the accord between Japan and South Korea to resolve the issue of former South Korean sex slaves during World War II, outside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015. A day after trumpeting an “irreversible” settlement of a decades-long standoff over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s WWII military, there’s relief among South Korean and Japanese diplomats, fury among activists and many of the elderly victims and general public indifference in both countries. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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TOKYO, Jan 26: Two elderly South Korean women abused by Japan's wartime military-run brothel system are in Japan to reject the recent settlement agreement between the two governments, and are demanding that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe give them a face-to-face apology and formal compensation.

Lee Ok-sun, 88, and Kang Il-chul, 87, told reporters Tuesday that the agreement neglected the victims' feelings and was "wrong."


The December agreement included an indirect apology from Abe and Tokyo's pledge of 1 billion yen ($8 million) fund for the South Korean victims.

The two women are among tens of thousands of Asian women sexually abused in Japan's military-run brothel system during the World War II.

The Japanese government set up a fund in 1995 but that was not seen as sincere by some, especially in South Korea.



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