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".

With popular support, the Japan-South Korea comfort women agreement seems likely to succeed.

A powerful and emotional documentary about Korean women forced into sexual ... dramatically combines the testimony of former comfort women who demand justice for the crimes against humanity ...

Based on this stance, the government has not participated in any trial in South Korea regarding compensation for wartime comfort women. In January 2021, the Seoul Central District Court ordered ...

Now, only seven surviving “comfort women” remain. South Korea’s Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced in a statement Sunday that Gil had died, noting that during her life she had ...

SEOUL (Kyodo) -- A South Korean court on Friday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to the son of a former "comfort woman" over her treatment in military brothels during World War II.

SEOUL: Senior officials from South Korea and Japan will meet Sunday ... day meeting in Seoul Monday to discuss the issue of “comfort women” forced to work in Japanese military brothels during ...

South Korea and Japan have reached an agreement aimed at resolving their dispute over Tokyo's wartime forced prostitution policy. An apology from Japan's prime minister and a pledge of more than ...

The agreement streamlines intelligence sharing between the U.S., Japan and South Korea about North Korean nuclear activity. It automatically renews annually unless one of the countries decides to ...

The Cheongju District Court's decision on Friday over the case, where the son had sought 200 million won ($140,000), was the third known South Korean ruling in favor of comfort women, following ones ...