Japan- South Korea relationship - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   In which of the following two countries, an agreement is signed related to Comfort women?

1. Russia
2. Japan
3. China
4. South Korea
5. Vietnam


a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 2 and 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2 and 4

Explanation:
- Comfort women were women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied territories before and during World War II.
- In 1993, the government of Japan officially acknowledged the presence of wartime brothels.
- On December 28, 2015, Prime Minister Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye reached a formal agreement to settle the dispute.
- Japan agreed to pay ¥1 billion to a fund supporting surviving victims while South Korea agreed to refrain from criticizing Japan regarding the issue and to work to remove a statue memorializing the victims from in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul.