The U.S. government says it′s urging Japan to swiftly resolve the issue of Tokyo′s wartime sexual enslavement of women.
That′s what officials at the U.S. State Department told Kim Bok-dong a survivor of Japan′s wartime sex slavery... during a meeting in Washington on Thursday.
Citing a civic activist travelling with Kim, Seoul′s Yonhap News Agency reports that the officials expressed hopes for the issue to be resolved and added that President Obama holds a clear stance about the matter.
Kim, who is currently on a week-long trip to the United States to raise awareness about the so-called ′comfort women′ issue, is one of just 49 surviving victims in Korea.
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