Liu Nianzhen, the oldest surviving victim of wartime sexual slavery living in mainland China, died in Yueyang County, Hunan Province, according to a “comfort women” research center at Shanghai Normal University on Wednesday.
The Japanese government on Friday expressed "regret" over a Seoul appellate court ruling calling on Tokyo to compensate Korean victims of wartime sexual slavery.
An appellate court on Thursday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to the victims of wartime sexual slavery in Korea, overturning the lower court's ruling.
Hillstate The Wave City, located in Siheung, Gyeonggi, is comprised of 12 buildings with a total 1,796 units, with 851 being communal housing units and 945 office spaces.
Lawmaker Yoon Mee-hyang may lose her seat after a court sentenced her Wednesday for embezzling donations meant for victims of the Japanese military's wartime sexual slavery. The sentence on Wednesday, a suspended sentence and an 80 million...
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it completed demolishing artist and activist Lim Ok-sang’s sculptures located in the “Place of Memory” park in central Seoul, which was created to pay respect to the “comfort women” victims ...
It may be a reflection of the need to be comforted by someone when one-person households and singlehood are on the rise.
Japan has offered numerous apologies to Korea since the two countries normalized relations in 1965, but recent polls show most Koreans do not believe Japan is truly repentant over its past — so what has gone wrong, and what can be done better?
Another former "comfort woman" in Korea died on Tuesday, bringing down the number of survivors of Japanese wartime sexual slavery to nine. “The news of another ‘comfort woman’ victim passing away is very heartbreaking,” said Kim Hyun-sook…
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