SKorea to decide on 'comfort women' deal

South Korea is about to say whether it will respect an agreement between the country's previous government and Japan aimed at resolving a "comfort women" feud.

South Korea said it will announce whether it will respect an agreement between the country's previous government and Japan that was aimed at resolving a feud over "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels.

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will hold a news conference to say what measures the government intends taking to follow up on a public-private panel that concluded last week that the accord had failed to meet the women's needs, a foreign ministry official told Reuters on Monday.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has said the deal, under which Japan apologised to victims and provided 1 billion yen ($A11.2 million) to a fund to help them, was seriously flawed.

Japan said any attempt to revise it could damage relations.


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