News: Korean President Urges Japanese Government To Address The Comfort Women Issue

March 1 is a major holiday in Korea, commemorating the nationwide protest against the Japanese imperial rule in 1919. In his March 1 memorial presidential address, President Lee Myeong-Bak this post.) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs formed a task force dedicated to this issue last September, and the task force reportedly created a short list of arbiters to choose, as well as attorneys to represent the Korean side. The National Assembly backed this effort by budgeting more than double the amount that the executive requested on this issue. If this issue does come down to arbitration, it will surely be the most significant moment in the Comfort Women issue.

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