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Seoul Mayor to Register Sex Slave Records with UNESCO

SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon, announced that the city would take responsibility for registering sex slaves’ records with UNESCO’s ‘Memory of the World’ programme if the Korean government cancels its own plans due to budget cuts. UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme was initiated to protect the “documentary heritage of [...]

Korean Govt. to Offer Monetary Support for Animated Film on Wartime Sex Slaves

SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will render monetary support for the production of an animated film about Korean women forced to serve as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II to help increase the world’s awareness of the issue, the government said Thursday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family [...]