S. Korea gov't approves fund to supplant Japan "comfort women" fund

The South Korean cabinet approved a budget on Tuesday to replace the 1 billion yen ($9 million) provided by Japan to support surviving "comfort women," the Gender Equality and Family Ministry said.The South Korean government will "freeze" the money received from Japan and create its own fund of a similar amount to support the few still living women forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II.In Japan such women are euphemistically referred to as "comfort women" and their treatment both during the war and afterward in terms of reparations has long been a painful bone of …READ FULL ARTICLE