Abe Offers Apology, Compensation to South Korean `Comfort Women'
- Abe offers apology, payment to South Korean `comfort women'
- Governments agree on final `irreversibe' solution to issue
Yun Byung-Se, right, ushers Fumio Kishida in Seoul on Dec. 28.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a landmark apology to South Korean "comfort women" coerced into Japanese military brothels before and during World War II, with his government agreeing to provide 1 billion yen ($8.3 million) to a fund for compensating victims.