[1][2][3][4] An article of East Asia Forum reported that this agreement was pushed by the Obama administration.
As Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister Abe expresses anew his most sincere apologies and remorse to all the women who underwent immeasurable and painful experiences and suffered incurable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women.
Building on such experience, the Government of Japan will now take measures to heal psychological wounds of all former comfort women through its budget.
(2) The Government of the ROK acknowledges the fact that the Government of Japan is concerned about the statue built in front of the Embassy of Japan in Seoul from the viewpoint of preventing any disturbance of the peace of the mission or impairment of its dignity, and will strive to solve this issue in an appropriate manner through taking measures such as consulting with related organizations about possible ways of addressing this issue.
We applaud the leaders of Japan and the Republic of Korea for having the courage and vision to reach this agreement, and we call on the international community to support it.
[7] As a following, due to this diplomatic incident, and low public support, especially in South Korea, the agreement was starting to fall apart by 2017.