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Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when "owners" of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females. The ruling or fatwa has ...

Taiwan called on the Japanese government Monday to begin negotiating with Taipei on the "comfort women" issue after Tokyo and Seoul struck a deal on the long-standing dispute. Spokeswoman Eleanor Wang said the ministry will ask the island's representative office in Tokyo to convey the ...

China has cautiously welcomed a landmark deal struck by Japan and South Korea on the issue of Korean women who were forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military. "We hope that an improvement in relations between South Korea and Japan will be conducive to ...

The South Korean government lodged a protest with Japan on Saturday over Japanese media reports that say Seoul is considering relocating a statue of a girl symbolizing the "comfort women" that was installed in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. The South Korean Foreign ...

Museum focuses on plight of women who were forced into wartime brothels for the Imperial Japanese Army.

Some members said a strategic plan is needed to lobby other countries on the issue of "comfort women," a euphemism for those forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels.