South Korea envoy tells Japan majority opposed to "comfort women" deal

A special envoy of new South Korean President Moon Jae In agreed with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday to pursue "future-oriented" ties but noted that a bilateral accord on the "comfort women" issue was widely viewed as unacceptable."We discussed that our leaders should meet frequently in a future-oriented manner and make efforts toward that end," envoy Moon Hee Sang said after the talks at the Foreign Ministry. Moon, who arrived in Tokyo earlier in the day, will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday.The envoy said he did not ask for a renegotiation of…READ FULL ARTICLE