SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — All eyes are on the female honor guards that will participate in the formal military inspection celebrating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in China. The Chinese media has introduced female honor guards in training. The average height of the women is 5 foot 8 inches, and their [...]
GWANGJU, South Korea, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A dozen Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sex slavery said Tuesday they will take Japan to court in the U.S. unless Tokyo apologizes by the end of this month for the atrocities done to them. The 12, including Yoo Hee-nam and Kang Il-chul, plan to lodge a [...]
“It’s important to clearly resolve the comfort women issue in a way that meets the expectations of the victims or the international community. If we clearly resolve the comfort women issue, in that itself, there will be no reason to discuss it again.” “What’s important is to restore the honor of the 50 victims before [...]
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 [...]
“Japan has brought the issue this far by going ahead with the registration despite our repeated calls to reconsider. The responsibility for politicizing UNESCO lies with Japan.” “This is in consideration of the many member nations that worry UNESCO may be politicized due to the dispute between South Korea and Japan and wish for a [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of victims of Japan’s war crimes blasted the United States Wednesday for inviting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to address its Congress despite his refusal to apologize for his country’s past wrongdoing. Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II called the invitation [...]
“Apology is not a shameful thing. Japan’s past invasion of other nations itself is a ‘fact,’ regardless of disputes over details. Japan should admit what it did and apologize for that until other countries affected say ‘it’s enough.’” “Northeast Asia is in a big power shift with the rise of China and South Korea. There [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Japan were to hold talks on Tokyo’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II on Monday as the two historical rivals make efforts to improve their strained ties in a landmark year, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. Lee Sang-deok, Seoul’s chief delegate to the talks, plans [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States strongly supports academic freedom, the State Department said Sunday, as history scholars criticize Japan for pressuring an American textbook publisher to change the description of Tokyo’s sexual enslavement of Asian women during World War II. A group of American history scholars have issued a protest statement denouncing Japan’s [...]