정부 "위안부 강제성 역사적 사실…합의정신 훼손 삼가야" Seoul has issued another warning to Tokyo. Do not undermine the agreement between Korea and Japan on the so-called ″comfort women.″ This is in response to Japan′s latest claim that the Japanese military did not force Korean women into sex slavery during World War Two. Oh Soo young reports ″The government calls on Tokyo to refrain from making remarks that hurt the purpose and the spirit of the agreement on wartime sexual slavery... and demonstrate, through its actions, its determination to restore the dignity of the surviving victims and heal the wounds of their past.″ South Korea′s foreign ministry released a statement on Wednesday, in response to Japan′s latest denial that its government and its military had forced Korean women to serve as sex slaves during the Second World War. ″The Japanese government has not been able to confirm the forced recruitment of the so-called comfort women in any records.″ Deputy Foreign Minister Sugiyama Shinsuke was speaking on Tuesday, when he delivered Japan′s interim report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. It′s the latest in a series of similar remarks from Japan last month,... with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida insisting that the term ″sex slaves″ shouldn′t be used. This has given rise to doubts about Japan′s sincerity toward a landmark agreement it reached with Korea last December, in which Japan officially acknowledged its military′s involvement in forcing Korean women into service as sex slaves during the Second World War. In Geneva on Tuesday, Sugiyama mentioned the agreement briefly, saying Tokyo is making efforts to implement it... and it expects the same from Seoul. According to Kyodo News, the deputy minister told reporters after the session... that the Japanese government will continue to make its stance on the comfort women issue known to the international community. Oh Soo-young, Arirang News. Visit ‘Arirang News’ Official Pages Facebook(NEWS): http://www.facebook.com/newsarirang Homepage: http://www.arirang.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arirangtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/arirangworld Instagram: http://instagram.com/arirangworld