Gender Equality Minister Cho Youn - sun met with Democrat Rep . Mike Honda in Washington on Wednesday to discuss issues involving Korean victims of Japan ’ s sex slavery during World War II . Cho expressed her gratitude on behalf of the Korean government to Rep . Honda for his years of dedicated work urging for the Japanese government ’ s apology and compensation for the wartime sex slaves . Cho is currently in the U . S . to attend a meeting at the United Nations on Saturday where she is expected to officially demand Japan take legal responsibility for Korean comfort women . Earlier in the day , the minister also met Christine Lagarde , head of International Monetary Fund , to exchange ideas on promoting women workforces for sustainable development . Cho told Lagarde that Korean women suffer through balancing work and home and that the government is making an effort to create a gender equality culture and increase the portion of women managers at government offices and private firms , officials said . To this , Lagarde stressed the importance of narrowing the gap between fulltime and part - time workers in order to increase women ’ s social participation , they said . By Cho Chung - un ( christory @ heraldcorp . com ) [ Hot News ] ◆ 朴 대통령 아세안 정상회의 서 도 ' 세일즈 외교 ' 주력 ◆ 미국 새 연준 의장 에 재닛 옐런 현 부의장 ◆ 세계 최초 휘 는 화면 스마트폰 ' 갤럭시 라운드 ' 출시 ◆ " 삼성 , 실리콘밸리 서 인수 대상 업체 물색 " ◆ 따뜻 한 의학 드라마 ' 굿 닥터 ' 시청 률 . .. 더 많 은 기사 보 러 가 기 → [ 코리아 헤럴드 홈페이지 ] [ 트위터 ] [ 페이스북 ] 구독 신청 1588 - 0533