The Japanese military’s sexual slavery system isn’t confined to the past, nor is it to Korea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue commemorating so-called comfort women during World War II is displayed in a residential area of Berlin in October 2020.

Hwang Keum-ju was an 18 year-old foster-daughter of a wealthy Korean family when she received a draft notice from the Japanese government during its wartime occupation of Korea. She was sent to an ...

This week, women gathered in downtown Chicago to advocate for justice for one of the darkest and least talked about legacies of World War II, the forced slavery of “comfort women.” “Their stories are ...

Despite protest and outrage, a previously removed statue commemorating World War II’s comfort women will be back up in April at a gallery in Tokyo. An exhibition titled “After ‘Freedom of Expression?’ ...

ON April 24, historical researcher Dana Lee made at the Manila Elks Club in Makati City a presentation on the history — and current situation — of the thousands of teenage girls and young women who ...

Julie Tang and Lillian Sing stood before 11 blown-up, black and white portraits of elderly women on display inside the California State Building on Wednesday, intent on winning a race against time.

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Last week, a South Korean appellate court ordered Japan to compensate the remaining Korean ‘comfort women’ who were forced to work in military brothels during World War II. These women, who had been ...

Johnny Somali, 25, caused outrage after filming himself kissing a statue commemorating wartime sex slaves An American YouTuber who caused outrage for filming himself kissing a statue commemorating ...