"U.S. has certainly been wanting this to happen since both Japan and Korea are longtime allies of the U.S. and this estranged relationship has prevented better cooperation."
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Source : "South Korea, Japan Reach Major Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves". Interview with Audie Cornish, wkms.org. December 28, 2015.
Source : "'So My Daughter Won't Have To': Why Kelly Sue DeConnick Fights to Make Women Welcome in Comics". Interview with Christopher Zumski Finke, www.yesmagazine.org. January 29, 2014.