SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean artist couple, who has built about 100 “comfort women” statues worldwide in memory of Korean victims of Japanese military wartime sexual slavery, condemned Tokyo on Wednesday for attempting to reverse history through the distortion of memory. Sculptors Kim Eun-sung and Kim Seo-kyung said Japan has not [...]
NEW YORK/SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A Harvard law school professor, criticized for his disputed article casting victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery as prostitutes, has accused a Korean scholar of “savage attacks” on him, warning that he will mull counteraction. Lee Jinhee, an associate professor of history at Eastern Illinois University, told Yonhap [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean victims of wartime sexual slavery lost their second lawsuit against the Japanese government Wednesday, suffering a setback in their efforts to hold Tokyo accountable for war crimes. The Seoul Central District Court dismissed the case brought by 20 plaintiffs, including surviving victims forced to work in front-line [...]
SUWON, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The families of comfort women are urging the government to enact a special law to prevent historical distortion and absurd statements. Comfort women is a euphemism used to refer to those who suffered under Japan’s military brothel system before and during World War II. On Tuesday, the families of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Three U.S. professors have criticized a recent controversial claim by a Harvard University professor that Japan’s wartime sexual slavery was voluntary prostitution. Mark Peterson, professor emeritus of Korean, Asian and Near Eastern languages at Brigham Young University in Utah, posted a column on Korea.net, the South Korean government’s foreign language [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A grandson of a renowned Korean independence fighter said Thursday that he had sent a letter to Harvard University’s president to end any discussions about donating his historical archives due to a professor’s article depicting Japan’s wartime sexual slavery as voluntary prostitution. In an email and phone interview with [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A former wartime sexual slavery victim demanded Tuesday that Seoul bring the issue of forced sexual slavery by Japan to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), denouncing Japan’s continued denials and a Harvard professor’s recent controversial claims. Lee Young-soo, one of 15 registered surviving South Korean victims of sexual [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul-based nongovernmental organization has called for the withdrawal of a paper written by a Harvard University professor claiming that Japan’s wartime sexual slavery was voluntary prostitution. The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a group known for international online campaigns to promote the awareness of South Korea’s history, [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. journal on Thursday said it has launched an investigation into concerns over an article that claimed Japan’s wartime sexual slavery had actually been voluntary prostitution. The International Review of Law and Economics posted a notice saying such concerns have been raised and are now being investigated. “The International [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean students at Harvard University have strongly criticized a professor over his controversial claim that Japan’s wartime sexual slavery was actually voluntary prostitution, demanding its immediate withdrawal and his official apology to victims. Harvard Korean Society made the demand in a statement on its website after Harvard Law School [...]