The pain behind the euphemism ianfu, or “comfort women,” has reverberated for more than 70 years. An agreement two years ago was intended to formally settle the dispute between the governments of Japan and South Korea, where the bulk of the “comfort women” came from. But South Korea this week deemed the accord seriously flawed, while Japan insists that any attempt to revise the pact would be unacceptable. How has the issue affected domestic politics in South Korea and Japan? South Korean supporters of former "comfort women" gather in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul on Wednesday.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 28, 2017 23:44 UTC