S. Korea ‘comfort women’ protest against ‘humiliating’ Japanese deal

No closure: Survivors Lee (right) and Gil Won-ok reacting as they participate in a rally in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea. — Reuters

SEOUL: South Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery and hundreds of supporters held a rally against a “humiliating” deal with Japan designed to settle the issue, and vowed to keep fighting for justice.

Japan offered an apology and a ¥1bil (RM36mil) payment on Monday to the 46 surviving South Korean women, under an agreement which both nations described as “final and irreversible.”