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1st LD Writethru: S.Korea, Japan to hold foreign ministers' meeting on wartime sex slavery

Xinhua, December 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korea and Japan will hold foreign ministers'meeting next week to discuss about Japan's wartime sex slavery of Korean women during World War II, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.

The ministry said in a statement that Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Seoul on Monday to meet with his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se.

During the bilateral talks, they will exchange views on issues of mutual interest, including the victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery during the devastating war, called comfort women. Endit