国际英语资讯:S. Korea to dissolve Japan-funded foundation for wartime sex slavery victims
<p><span word="SEOUL">SEOUL</span>, <span word="Nov">Nov</span>. 21-- <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="dissolve">dissolve</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>-<span word="funded">funded</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="slavery">slavery</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="II">II</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="defiance">defiance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="bereaved">bereaved</span> <span word="families">families</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Gender">Gender</span> <span word="Equality">Equality</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Family">Family</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="governs">governs</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Reconciliation">Reconciliation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Healing">Healing</span> <span word="Foundation">Foundation</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="launch">launch</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="process">process</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span>, <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="situations">situations</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="review">review</span> <span word="results">results</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="consulted">consulted</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="relevant">relevant</span> <span word="offices">offices</span>, <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span>, <span word="over">over</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="handle">handle</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="collected">collected</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="opinions">opinions</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="established">established</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="July">July</span> 2016, <span word="with">with</span> 1 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="yen">yen</span> (8.9 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>) <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="impeached">impeached</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="Park">Park</span> <span word="Geun">Geun</span>-<span word="hye">hye</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="final">final</span>, <span word="irreversible">irreversible</span> <span word="agreement">agreement</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="December">December</span> 2017 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="settle">settle</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wartime">wartime</span> <span word="sexual">sexual</span> <span word="enslavement">enslavement</span> <span word="issue">issue</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contribution">contribution</span>.</p><p><span word="Historians">Historians</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="as">as</span> 400,000 <span word="women">women</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Asian">Asian</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="Peninsula">Peninsula</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="slavery">slavery</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="brothels">brothels</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="WWII">WWII</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="Peninsula">Peninsula</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="colonized">colonized</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Imperial">Imperial</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="from">from</span> 1910 <span word="to">to</span> 1945.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Moon">Moon</span> <span word="Jae">Jae</span>-<span word="in">in</span> <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="inaugurated">inaugurated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="May">May</span> 2017, <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="replenish">replenish</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1-<span word="billion">billion</span>-<span word="yen">yen</span> <span word="fund">fund</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="budget">budget</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="civic">civic</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="supporting">supporting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="protested">protested</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="demanded">demanded</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="government">government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="sincere">sincere</span> <span word="apology">apology</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="acknowledgement">acknowledgement</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wartime">wartime</span> <span word="atrocities">atrocities</span>.</p>
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