South Korea's Constitutional Court dismissed on Friday an appeal by a group...
South Korea’s top court dismisses "comfort women" petition against deal with JapanSEOUL - South Korea’s Constitutional Court dismissed on Friday an appeal by a group of women forced to work in Japan’s wartime military brothels to strike down an agreement signed by the two countries to settle claims over the abuse.
Constitutional Court President Yoo Nam-seok said the agreement was a political one that tried to resolve the comfort women issue and, unlike a treaty between two countries, did not create legal responsibilities on the part of the governments. Bitterness over Japan’s occupation of the Korean peninsula is a major influence on their relations and has been at the heart of rancor this year that has seen their ties plunge to their worst in decades.
They argued that it violated their rights as they were not consulted when the governments agreed to close the matter as “irreversibly resolved” with an apology by Japan and a 1 billion yen fund to compensate the women.
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