South Korea will officially protest on Monday the Japanese prime minister's latest denial of Japan having forced women into sex slavery during World War II, the Korea Herald said.
  
The South Korean government will express concern about the Japanese prime minister's remark during the Korea-Japan strategic talks between South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Cho Jung-pyo and his Japanese counterpart Shotaro Yachivice on Monday, the daily newspaper quoted unnamed South Korean official as saying.
  
The two sides will discuss issues including the implementation of the six-party accord on DPRK's nuclear programs reached in Beijing on Feb. 13 as well as bilateral relationship during the meeting in Tokyo, it said.
  
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe triggered fury across Asia on March 1 by saying there was no proof Asian women were forced into prostitution.
  
About 200,000 women from Korea, China and other Asian countries were forced to serve as sex slaves for the Japanese Imperial Army during the war, historians estimate.

韩国将在本周一正式抗议日本首相最近否认日本曾在第二次世界大战期间强征慰安妇的行为，高丽先锋报报导。 韩国政府将密切关注日本首相在韩国-日本战略会谈期间的评论， 此次会谈由南韩副外交部长Cho Jung-pyo和日本副外交部长Shotaro Yachivice负责于本周一进行，日报引用一位南韩匿名官员的话称。 据称，双方将讨论包括在北京2月13日达成的朝鲜核计划六方协议的实施，以及在东京会议期间的双边关系的问题。 日本首相安倍晋三3月1日的发言称没有证据证实有强征慰安妇的行为，这一言论激起了亚洲人民的愤怒。据历史学家估计在战争期间大约有200,000个韩国，中国和其它亚洲国家的妇女被强征为日本帝国军队的慰安妇。