SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s state history institute on Friday released new documents substantiating the Japanese military’s involvement in operating front-line brothels during World War II. The National Institute of Korean History (NIKH) made public interrogation reports written by the Allied Forces’ Translator and Interpreter Section, a unit founded in September 1942, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A foundation dedicated to supporting South Korean women forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military said Friday that five more victims have expressed their intent to accept compensation disbursed by the Japanese government, bring the total to 34 out of the 46 women still alive. The Reconciliation and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hakenkreuz or swastika, better known as the Nazi symbol, is rarely used for commercial purposes for its obvious ties to the horrors of Nazi Germany and World War II. And while the Japanese Imperial Flag, alternatively known as the Rising Sun Flag, is also symbolic of WWII and [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Professor Seo Kyung-Duk has placed an advertisement on Facebook which speaks about his arguments against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s claim on April 29 at a US Congress speech that growth in Korea, Taiwan, ASEAN countries and China resulted from Japan’s efforts to make capital and technology investments in [...]