South Korea’s Former 'Comfort Women' Outraged at Agreement With Japan

South Korean women who served as so-called comfort women for Japanese soldiers during the war are angered by the agreement between South Korea and Japan, which recognizes the problem solved, Japanese media reported Tuesday.

TOKYO (Sputnik) — On Monday, Tokyo and Seoul reached an agreement on the issue at a meeting of foreign ministers in the South Korean capital, after the Japanese government apologized for sexual enslavement of Korean women during WWII.

The women who served during the war in brothels that catered to the Japanese army, met Tuesday with Korea’s First Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Lim Sung-nam and Second Vice-Minister Cho Tae-yul, the NHK television reported.

During the meeting with the foreign ministry’s officials, women reportedly expressed outrage that authorities did not consult them prior to or during the negotiations with Japan. They also expressed concern at the fact that Japan did not take any "political responsibility" for the WWII events, the broadcaster reported.

South Korea’s authorities have claimed that around 200,000 Asian women, mainly Korean, were forced to become "comfort women" for Japanese soldiers during World War II, when Japan was in control of the Korean Peninsula.