South Korea, Japan reach landmark deal on WWII sex slaves
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
SEOUL, South Korea -- An apology from Japan's prime minister and a pledge of $8.3 million sealed a breakthrough deal Monday in a decades-long impasse with South Korea over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II.
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