South Korea and Japan reached agreement on the dispute over Korean women who were forced to serve as sex slaves for Japan's ...

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".

Gold medalist Cha Junhwan (C) of South Korea, silver medalist Kagiyama Yuma (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Mikhail ...

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 ...

Acquittal of scholar on defamation charges over comfort women Lew Seok-choon, a former Yonsei University professor, speaks to ...

How important is extra legroom on a plane? Extremely important, if the results of the AirlineRatings.com annual round-up of the best airlines across the globe is anything to ...

Kim Rieul, the person behind BTS and Monsta X modern hanbok designs has unfortunately passed away at 32. Read on to know ...

Oak Park restaurant review: Our local food writer recommends chef Ian Robertson's touches on Midwest staples and one of the best wine lists in the country.

On an unseasonably warm Friday evening, dozens of Seoul singles met, mingled and played icebreaker games in the hopes of ...

South Korean women are at the center of the weekly protests calling for the removal of President Yoon Suk- yeol. They see Yoon, among other things, as an obstacle to women’s rights. That’s hardly ...

Fundamentalist Protestantism has emerged as a strident, controversial voice in South Korean conservative politics. Feminism and women’s empowerment have sparked a backlash among younger South Korean ...