![On the afternoon of the 8th, the bust of the late Chun-hee Bae is erected in the House of Sharing in Gwangju City, Gyeonggi-do. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/file.mk.co.kr/meet/neds/2021/01/image_readtop_2021_75141_16113978934517283.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
On the afternoon of the 8th, the bust of the late Chun-hee Bae is erected in the House of Sharing in Gwangju City, Gyeonggi-do. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]The government announced on the 23rd that it would not file a claim for damages at the government level in relation to the judgment of compensation for victims of comfort women in the Japanese military.
On this day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a stance on the Japanese side’s discourse on the judgment of comfort women, and “consults with the victims of comfort women and will endeavor to resolve them smoothly, but the Japanese side also expressed a sense of responsibility, He urged, “We must show genuine efforts to restore honor and dignity and heal wounds in our hearts.”
The Japanese government rebelled against the Seoul Central District Court’s ruling in favor of the plaintiff on the 8th, saying, “Pay 100 million won per person” in a lawsuit against the Japanese government by 12 people, including the late grandmother Bae Chun-hee. It is a position according to one.
Earlier, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu spoke immediately after the ruling and said, “(This ruling) is clearly contrary to international law, and we are very sorry,” and said, “I strongly demand again to take appropriate measures to correct violations of international law immediately.” .
In its position, the government introduced, “I acknowledge that the 2015 comfort women agreement is an official agreement between the two governments,” and “At the same time, it has revealed that the real problem cannot be solved only by an agreement between the governments that do not reflect the intentions of the victims.” did.
“Accordingly, the government has a policy not to make any additional claims against Japan at the government level, but it does not have the right or authority to prevent the victims from raising concerns.”
The government said, “The Japanese government should face that the issue of the victims of comfort women in the Japanese military is a human rights violation of wartime women unprecedented in the world and a problem of universal human rights violations, and is a violation of international laws including international human rights norms.”
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