SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The weekly protest rally demanding Japan’s apology to the victims of its wartime sex slavery marked its 1,600th edition Wednesday. About 200 activists, students and others gathered to participate in the 31-year-old protest in front of the former compound of the Japanese Embassy in central Seoul at noon. On [...]
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, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean victims of wartime sexual enslavement won their first legal victory Friday against the Japanese government in a landmark ruling. The Seoul Central District Court ordered Tokyo to make financial reparations of 100 million won (US$91,300) each to 12 “comfort women” who were dragged away from their homes [...]