South Korea's first Vice Foreign Minister met his Japanese counterpart on Thursday... to discuss pending issues, including the disbanding of the controversial "Reconciliation and Healing" foundation.<br />The foreign ministry said Cho Hyun... met with Tokyo's Vice Foreign Minister (ta-KAY-oh Ah-key-baa) Takeo Akiba, but did not elaborate further.<br />The foundation is the result of a 2015 agreement made to compensate Korean women sexually enslaved by the Japanese military during World War Two.<br />Tokyo injected roughly 8-point-7 million U.S. dollars to fund the body, but it never actually started running, as many surviving victims rejected the agreement that (quote) "fails to take full legal responsibility."<br />Seoul's Minister of Gender Equality said disbanding the foundation has almost been decided, and that the two sides are in the final process of discussing what to do with the fund. <br />
