Without our research, we would not have known of the role North Korea played in pushing the sex slavery controversy. In time, academic freedom may lead to the thwarting of Pyongyang’s designs.
Seoul prosecutors on Tuesday appealed the recent court ruling that acquitted a former Yonsei University professor of defamation in relation to his claim that the Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery were voluntary prostitutes. Last week, Seoul Western District Court found Lew Seok-choon not guilty of defaming the victims, euphemistically called comfort women, in a lecture five years ago. "Consid.
A former Yonsei University professor indicted for making disparaging remarks against Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery was acquitted of defamation charges by a court on Wednesday. The Seoul Western District Court said it found Lew Seok-choon, who previously taught sociology at the prestigious university in Seoul, not guilty of defaming the Korean sexual slavery victims, euphemistically called &quo.