S. Korean president calls sex slave deal with Japan flawed
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}South Korean President Moon Jae-in (MOON JAY'-een) says the country's 2015 agreement with Japan to settle a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery is seriously flawed.
Moon's statement Thursday in which he vows unspecified follow-up measures to meet the victims' demands potentially throws the future of the deal in doubt, two years after both countries declared it as "final and irreversible."
The statement came a day after a state-appointed panel concluded that Seoul's previous conservative government failed to properly communicate with the victims before reaching the deal.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Foreign Ministry says government officials will hold extensive discussions with victims and experts before deciding whether to pursue changes to the deal.
Japanese officials have said a renegotiation is unacceptable.