A U.S. content creator who faced backlash for kissing a statue symbolizing ... rule over Korea. These wartime sexual slavery ...

However earlier that month, a South Korean professor, Park Yu-ha, sparked public debate when her 2013 book disputed the commonly held beliefs about the role of Koreans as "comfort women".

SEOUL--A pair of statues erected in an idyllic botanical garden in South Korea look set to reignite a furor with Japan over the contentious wartime "comfort women" issue. The Korea Botanic Garden ...

Tokyo’s pressure over the statue faced a set-back in Germany as the issue continues to loom large in Japan-South Korea interactions. With popular support, the Japan-South Korea comfort women ...

The Korean government ... not specify the number of statues in foreign countries. The ministry has been working on collecting data on the statues honoring "comfort women" — a euphemism wartime ...

U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to soon release his government's position on a bronze statue ... "comfort women," called by Japanese authorities, were highly paid prostitutes from Korea ...