Lee Yong-soo's is a poignant saga of abduction from her village at age 16 and ending up on an air base in Taiwan, where she was beaten and tortured until she succumbed.
Abe face-planted by sending back Japan's ambassador to Seoul without resolving the statue issue, one that should never have been made into such a big deal in the first place.
Why does the Foreign Ministry insist on drawing attention to wartime Japan when the rest of the world is far more interested in 21st century Japan?
What links Osaka, Seoul, Busan and Glendale, California? Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's championing of revisionist history.
During a ceremony held at a park in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, a group of Korean-Americans unveiled a statue of a girl, which symbolized the issue of "comfort women" who were forced to serve Japanese troops before and during World War II. The group ...
Four former "comfort women" called on the Japanese government Friday to make a formal apology and offer compensation to fellow victims in other countries, while rejecting a December agreement between Japan and South Korea that was designed to permanently settle the issue. The call came ...
A South Korean foundation recently launched to support former "comfort women" has asked the Japanese government for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to write a "letter of apology" to the victims, a foundation official said. Japan late last month disbursed ¥1 billion to the Reconciliation and ...
A poll has found 76 percent of South Koreans oppose removing a statue of a girl symbolizing the "comfort women" in Seoul, no matter whether Japan implements an accord with their country, Gallup Korea said Friday. Only 10 percent of respondents said they do not ...
Twelve South Korean former "comfort women" are taking their government to court over its agreement with Japan last year to permanently end the bitter historical dispute over girls and women who were forced into Japan's wartime brothels. The women filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the ...
The posting in Arabic is chilling. A girl for sale: "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old.... Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon." The advertisement, along with others for kittens, tactical gear and weapons, appeared on an encrypted Telegram app and was ...
A South Korean civic group supporting "comfort women" on Thursday launched a foundation opposed to a landmark deal between Japan and South Korea over the long-standing issue. The Foundation for Justice and Remembrance for the Issue of Military Sexual Slavery is headed by Chi Eun ...
Japanese and South Korean officials say they are track toward setting up a ¥1 billion fund to assist former "comfort women."
