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 South Korean citizens group that has criticized Japan for decades over the “comfort women” issue now finds itself accused of misappropriating donations that were intended for the ...

In December, 2015, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye reached an agreement to settle the “comfort women” dispute. Tokyo agreed to pay $8.3 million to a fund ...

A South Korean court has found a university professor guilty of defamation for questioning accepted views on so-called comfort women. The term is a euphemism for women who were forced to work in ...

Acquittal of scholar on defamation charges over comfort women Lew Seok-choon, a former Yonsei University professor, speaks to reporters at the Supreme Court in Seoul on Feb. 13, 2025, after the court ...

SEOUL--Two recent alleged monetary scandals at organizations helping former “comfort women” have raised questions here about how such entities have been handled in South Korea until now.

Japan’s apology has ended a long and very bitter dispute. Can the two nations now learn to work together? The news out of Tokyo and Seoul on the eve of the New Year was nothing short of blockbuster.

The ruling recalls the 2018 judgment on forced labor that sparked a trade war between Japan and South Korea.

The complicated history of Japan's colonial rule over Korea and the larger backdrop of World War II are the foundations of the comfort women controversy. The Japanese military is accused of ...

Park’s research reveals a more complex and nuanced reality behind the comfort women system, contradicting the simplified victim-perpetrator narrative often promoted in South Korea. She emphasizes the ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - One test of the commitment by Japan and South Korea to resolve the "comfort women" issue may be the fate of a statue in front of Tokyo's embassy in Seoul. The bronze of a ...

The regular Wednesday rallies in honor of the victims -- known by the Japanese euphemism "comfort women" -- have been held since 1992 in front of the Embassy of Japan in Korea in Jongno-gu ...