U.N. panel calls for revising Japan-S. Korea "comfort women" deal

The U.N. Committee against Torture called on Japan and South Korea to revise their 2015 deal to settle the long-standing row over women who were forced into wartime Japanese military brothels.The agreement should be modified to "ensure that the surviving victims of sexual slavery during World War II are provided with redress, including the right to compensation and rehabilitation and the right to truth, reparation and assurances of non-repetitions," the committee said in a report.Although not legally binding, the recommendation could prompt the administration of new South Korean President M…READ FULL ARTICLE