On Thursday, Seoul launched a foundation to provide financial support for Korean women used as forced sex workers by the Japanese military in the 1930s and 1940s. SEOUL—South Korea implemented a deal with Japan to compensate women used as military prostitutes, fresh evidence of a thaw between two feuding U.S. allies that Washington has pressed to work together to counter North Korea’s nuclear threat and an assertive China.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 28, 2016 09:21 UTC