It has been eight days and one year since the Korean court ordered the Japanese government to compensate for the comfort women issue.
The Japanese government is calling on the South Korean side to take appropriate measures, but with President Moon Jae-in's remaining term of office being about four months, the resolution of the problem will be postponed to the next administration. There is also a view that it may be done.
In South Korea, a local court in Seoul ruled on January 8 last year over the issue of comfort women that the principle of "sovereign immunity", which states that sovereign states are not subject to the jurisdiction of other countries, does not apply. He sentenced the Japanese government to reimburse the plaintiff's former comfort woman for a woman.
The Japanese government is demanding that the Korean side take appropriate measures, saying that it is "contrary to international law".
In response, the Mun Jane administration has emphasized that it will seek a solution from a victim-centered standpoint, but due to severe public opinion toward Japan, it has not shown an acceptable solution for the Japanese side. ..
In Seoul, it has been 30 years since the group supporting the former comfort women started a protest rally around the Japanese embassy seeking apology and compensation from Japan, and even at the rally on January 5th, which was held prior to this. , Participants complained, "The Japanese government should clear the history."
Under these circumstances, President Mun's remaining term will be about four months, and South Korean experts have suggested that the resolution of the problem may be postponed to the next administration.
Regarding the comfort women issue, in another trial last April, the same district court in Seoul sentenced the former comfort women to dismiss the complaints, and the plaintiffs are appealing.