More than 100 South Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for U.S. soldiers stationed in the country have filed a landmark lawsuit accusing Washington of abuse, their lawyers said Tuesday.
Historians and activists say tens of thousands of South Korean women worked for state-sanctioned brothels from the 1950s to 1980s, serving U.S. troops stationed in the country to protect the South from North Korea.
In 2022, South Korea's top court ruled that the government had illegally "established, managed and operated" such brothels for the U.S. military, ordering it to pay around 120 plaintiffs compensation.
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