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comfort women
Controversial New Book Challenges Narrative That WWII Japan Forced Korean Women Into Prostitution
Harvard Law Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s new book about a North Korean plot to ruin relations between South Korea, Japan, and the U.S. has stirred controversy.
South Korean Court Orders Japan to Compensate WWII ‘Comfort Women’
Japan has argued that the matter was already settled under a 1965 treaty.
Japan and South Korea: A New Beginning?
Japan and South Korea have reached an agreement on the “comfort women” issue that has made a lot of people uncomfortable.
South Korea, Japan Reach Landmark Deal on WWII ‘Comfort Women’
An apology from Japan’s prime minister and a pledge of more than $8 million sealed a breakthrough deal Monday on a decades-long impasse with South Korea over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against ‘Comfort Women’ Memorial
A bronze statue of a seated young women with a small bird on her shoulder has become the center of a Korean-Japanese debate on the history of World War II.
Senator: Include ‘Comfort Women’ in State Curriculum
When Christine Colligan learned her mother had gotten married at the age of 15 to avoid being drafted as one of the “comfort women” during World War II, she was shocked.
