South Korea's No. 2 diplomats will pay a visit to victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery Tuesday to discuss a landmark agreement aimed at ending the two countries' dispute over the crime, the Foreign Ministry said.

South Korea and Japan reached a breakthrough deal Monday, which centers on Tokyo's admission of responsibility for the atrocity and plans to pay reparations to the victims.

First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam and Second Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul plan to meet with the victims at two separate shelters for the elderly women, one in Seoul and the other in Gyeonggi Province, the ministry said.

The meetings could help the government win the victims' support for the deal amid criticism it fails to fully address their grievances.

Historians estimate that more than 200,000 women, mostly from Korea, were forced to work in front-line brothels for Japanese soldiers during World War II. Korea was under Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945. The victims are euphemistically called "comfort women." (Yonhap)