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Court Orders Tokyo to Disclose Assets in S. Korea by Next March

SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court has ordered the Japanese government to disclose its assets in South Korea by next March to pay compensation to Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, judicial sources said Thursday. The Seoul Central District Court issued the order for Tokyo to submit a full list of [...]

Japan Rejects Calls to Teach About ‘Comfort Women’ in School Textbooks

SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has rejected calls from South Korea to include content related to so-called ‘comfort women’ in school textbooks. The request from Seoul to include information about comfort women in government-approved public education guidelines was met with a cold shoulder, Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported earlier this week. The South Korean delegation [...]