comfort women
The Japanese army sexually abused some 200,000 South Korean women and girls during the war.
There may have been as many as 200,000 Korean victims.
“We need to understand their place in history," says writer M. Evelina Galang. "We need to make sure it never happens again."
Perhaps the most painful disagreement between the two countries has been over the “comfort women” issue.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The deal included an apology from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and an $8.3 million aid fund from Tokyo for the elderly former sex slaves.