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Fund is established to assist victims of wartime sexual violence

New Analysis After a 12-year hiatus in reciprocal visits between the leaders of South Korea and Japan, the ...

South Korea’s government announced a plan on Sunday that aims to resolve a long-running dispute on compensating Koreans forced to ...

A South Korean court ordered Japan on Friday to compensate 12 women who were forced to work as sex slaves in wartime Japanese brothels, in a ruling that could rekindle diplomatic and history feuds between the two countries. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that Japan should pay 100 million won ($91,000) to each of the victims. “Evidence, relevant materials and testimonies show that the victims suffered from extreme, unimaginable mental and physical pain due to the illegal acts by the accused. But no compensation has been made for their suffering” the court said in its verdict. It is...

Lawmaker's wine party raises criticism Posted : 2020-12-14 16:11 Updated : 2020-12-14 16:55 On the left is a screenshot of an Instagram post recently uploaded by Rep. Youn Mee-hyang of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, a former leader of the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issue of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, in which she holds a glass of wine with five other people at a restaurant. After internet users denounced her for holding a party amid the tightened social distancing guidelines imposed by the government to combat coronavirus spread, Youn deleted the post ...