Japan-funded "comfort women" foundation to be dissolved: S. Korea

South Korea said Wednesday it will dissolve a foundation set up as a key pillar of a 2015 bilateral agreement with Japan to settle the issue of Korean women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, in a move that could further strain bilateral ties.The agreement, under which Japan provided 1 billion yen (about $8.8 million) to the foundation to help former "comfort women" and their families, has been unpopular in South Korea.In Tokyo, reaction was swift, with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba summoning South Korean Ambassador Lee Su Hoon to the Foreign Ministry to lodg…READ FULL ARTICLE