The National Assembly slammed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday for his failure to apologize for Japan's wartime sex slavery and other atrocities.

Abe drew strong resentment from South Korea and world-renowned history scholars for his circumventing of the historical liability stemming from Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women during a U.S. Congress address last month.

In the address, Abe sidestepped global calls for an apology for Japan's wartime atrocities including the sexual enslavement during World War II, only alluding to the issue through his remarks on atrocities inflicted on women during a war situation.

Adopting a resolution on "Abe's lack of repentance about colonization and comfort women," lawmakers warned the Japanese government's abnormal behaviors could have a "very negative" impact on South Korea-Japan relations.

The non-binding resolution also urged continuing calls for an apology and responsible action from Japan as well as united action with the United Nations as well as fellow sexual enslavement victims in the Netherlands over the issue.

The unicameral parliament also passed a separate resolution, opposing Japan's move to obtain UNESCO world heritage site status for several industrial facilities where many Koreans were coerced into slave labor during the 1910-45 colonial era.

These resolutions came on the heels of a similar National Assembly resolution denouncing Japan's history distortion adopted right after Abe's Congress speech on April 29. (Yonhap)