UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has met with an elderly Korean victim of Japan's wartime
sexual slavery, the first such meeting since he took the UN's top job.
Meeting in New York,...
Ban told 89-year-old Kil Won-ok that he respects her efforts to raise awareness of the atrocities
she suffered to make sure that no such thing will ever happen again.
During their 30 minute meeting, Ban told the victim that what he welcomed a recent landmarks
between between Korea and Japan, but not the content of the agreement,
An activist also delivered a joint petition of some 30 international human rights organizations
in which they expressed regret about Ban's welcoming of the December deal and called
for the UN to launch an investigation into the wartime crime.
Historians estimate that up to 200,000 women, mainly from Korea, were forced to work in
front-line brothels for Japanese soldiers before and during World War II.