Yonhap News AgencyMay 23, 2013 22:00
SEOUL/TOKYO, May 24 (Yonhap) -- Two elderly South Korean women forced by Japan into sex slavery during World War II said Friday they canceled a meeting with a Japanese mayor, fearing they only could be used for the mayor's political show to whitewash his inappropriate remarks toward former sex slaves.
The two victims -- 87-year-old Kim Bok-dong and 84-year-old Kil Won-ok -- planned to meet Toru Hashimoto, Osaka's mayor and co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, at his office Friday morning as part of their tour of Japan to testify about history.
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