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Surviving sexual slavery victims will receive US$90,000: Seoul

SEOUL — South Korea says surviving South Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s military in World War II will be eligible to receive 100 million won (about S$121,740) each from a foundation that will be funded by the Japanese government.

Former South Korean sex slave Park Ok-seon, right, who was forced to serve for the Japanese Army during World War II, wipes her tears as she is comforted by South Korean high school students at the House of Sharing, the home for the living sex slaves, in Gwangju, South Korea, on Dec 29, 2015. Photo: AP

Former South Korean sex slave Park Ok-seon, right, who was forced to serve for the Japanese Army during World War II, wipes her tears as she is comforted by South Korean high school students at the House of Sharing, the home for the living sex slaves, in Gwangju, South Korea, on Dec 29, 2015. Photo: AP

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SEOUL — South Korea says surviving South Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s military in World War II will be eligible to receive 100 million won (about S$121,740) each from a foundation that will be funded by the Japanese government.

Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday (Aug 25) that the families of deceased victims will be able to receive 20 million won, and added it expects the Japanese government to soon transfer a promised ¥1 billion (S$13.5 million) to a foundation formally launched in Seoul last month.

South Korea and Japan agreed to set up the foundation in December as they settled a decades-long dispute over South Korean sex slave victims. Seoul then said there were 46 surviving South Korean victims and 196 victims who had died. AP

 

 

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