Japan-South Korea Agreement on Comfort Women Issue Protest Demonstration at Comfort Women Statue

Peace Monument, Dec 29, 2015 : A portrait resembling Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which South Korean painter Shin Hye-Won drew, is seen under the Peace Monument symbolizing Korean Comfort Women or sex slaves during the Second World War, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea as South Korean singer esSsin (R) sings a song during a protest against which he calls, "shameful deal" over comfort women between South Korea and Japan. Local media reported that Japanese Prime Minister Abe apologized to the Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, Japan provided a 1 billion-yen (US$8.3 million) fund for the victims and South Korea will refrain from blaming Japan over the issue, under the deal announced on Monday between the two countries. South Korean critics say questions remain if Tokyo legally admitted its "responsibilities" over its wartime atrocities, according to local media. South Korea agreed to work on Japan's demand that the Peace Monument be removed from outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/AFLO) (SOUTH KOREA)