FM Chung meets victim of Japan s wartime sexual slavery
Posted : 2021-03-03 20:56
Updated : 2021-03-03 21:25
Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, left, greets Lee Yong-soo, a victim of Japan s wartime sexual slavery, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, Wednesday. Their meeting took place as Lee is urging the government to bring the sexual slavery issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). During the one-hour meeting, Lee asked Chung to arrange a meeting with President Moon Jae-in to discuss the ICJ issue. Yonhap
Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong met with a victim of Japan s wartime sexual slavery Wednesday, as Seoul seeks to defuse persistent historical tensions with Tokyo amid Washington s calls for tighter trilateral cooperation with its key Asian allies.
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