South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Monday rapped Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's latest remarks on the Imperial Japanese military's wartime brothels as "embarrassing and shameful."
"By making such remarks, Japan will be further isolated in the international community," Yun said at a news conference.
Yun made the comment after he was asked to respond to Hashimoto's suggestion earlier Monday at a press conference in Tokyo that the so-called "comfort women" issue be settled in the International Court of Justice.