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South Korea court orders Japan to pay compensation over "comfort women"
25 Apr 2025 14:04 GMT
… "comfort woman" over her treatment in military brothels during World War II.
… "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels is … provided financial aid to South Korea.
The comfort women issue has repeatedly soured …
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Comfort women should be given governmental actions similar to war veterans’ benefit
24 Apr 2025 17:44 GMT
THE COUNTRY honored the World War II veterans during the … Filipina comfort women and other victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese … (first Filipino and Southeast Asian to win an Olympic medal … no such action with the comfort women.
On November 23, 1944, …
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Rally in Tokyo urges Japanese gov't to face up to "comfort women" issue
24 Apr 2025 07:20 GMT
… "comfort women" in World War II … World War II, more than 700,000 women and girls from the Korean Peninsula, China, Southeast Asia … and other countries and regions were forcibly conscripted by Japanese militarists as sex slaves …
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Japan must begin a process of strategic decoupling from America
15 Apr 2025 21:46 GMT
… Asia, its commitments are increasingly strained by a rising China … decline than Japan. Since the end of World War II, Japan has … independent course in East Asia.
A direct, Japan-led initiative – … of The Comfort Women Hoax: A Fake Memoir, North Korean Spies, …
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[Ilonggo Notes] The pre-war Japanese in Iloilo
12 Apr 2025 00:25 GMT
… barely two decades after World War 2 (WW2) ended, I would … 80s to ’90s, stories of comfort women, “mail-order” brides, … , Spanish, Indian, and Chinese establishments, and several Western … other Asian countries, owing to Japanese aggression in China, culminating …
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Japan and South Korea are the ultimate frenemies
21 Mar 2025 01:22 GMT
… enemy in North Korea, while China and Russia pose … collaborated with the Japanese during the Second World War, working with … of “comfort women” — a euphemism for the Korean and other Asian women … partnership against the looming Chinese threat.
“Both Tokyo …
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Name Dropping | Chan won't let people forget Pacific WWII atrocities
07 Apr 2025 14:53 GMT
… committed by the Japanese against the Chinese people during World War II. Chan thought … of war crimes committed in Asia during World War II,” Chan said.
Through … trip to China, Chan spoke with some of the comfort women (sex slaves during World War II …
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Asian allies on edge: Japan and South Korea brace for uncertainty
13 Mar 2025 04:49 GMT
… friction between Japan and South Korea lies in Japan’s … by Japanese forces during World War II. Thousands of “comfort women” were … Second World War.
China remains a shared concern for Japan, South Korea … Asia is expected to centre on North Korea and China …
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13 Years On, Trial of Japanese Politician for Defacing ‘Comfort Woman’ Statue Delayed Again
13 Mar 2025 03:37 GMT
… Japanese right-wing politician accused of defacing a statue honoring World War II comfort women … dignity of survivors of Japan’s wartime sexual … slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, a … strain relations between South Korea and Japan.
M. H. Lee …
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In former Gestapo HQ in Germany, history of ‘comfort women’ expands the narrative on WWII’s horrors
12 Mar 2025 19:57 GMT
… “comfort women” victims from various regions in Asia, including the Korean Peninsula, China, … Korean “comfort woman” survivor, next to an explanation of the 2015 “comfort women” … committed by the Japanese military during the Second World War. Nothing changed …