The plight of comfort women

Why These World War II Sex Slaves Are Still Demanding Justice - NPR

The Japanese army forced some 200000 women into sexual slavery during World War II. They were known as "comfort women.

A Guide to Understanding the History of the 'Comfort Women' Issue

Even before assuming office in May 2022, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol made clear his desire for smoother formal relations between ...

Teaching about the Comfort Women during World War II and the ...

“Comfort women” refers to the system of sexual slavery created and controlled by the Imperial Japanese government between 1932 and 1945.

Opinion | Why Is the Plight of 'Comfort Women' Still So Controversial?

Wartime sex slavery isn't a thorny issue just for Japan. In South Korea, it's still taboo.

The Plight of Comfort Women - Pacific Atrocities Education

Japan had a culture of legalized prostitution prior to 1956. Initially, the Imperial Japanese military brought professional Japanese prostitutes ...

South Korea: Disappointing Japan ruling fails to deliver justice to ...

Responding to today's South Korean court ruling that dismissed claims against the Japanese government to pay damages to women and girls who ...

'Comfort women' crisis: campaign over wartime sexual slavery hit by ...

A rare attempt at reconciliation that has quickly spiralled into the biggest crisis the campaign for justice for survivors of wartime sexual slavery has faced ...

Comfort women - Wikipedia

Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in occupied countries and territories before and during ...

The Struggle Over “Comfort Women” in Taiwan: Historical Memory ...

The Ama Museum (阿嬤家-和平與女性人權館)—the only museum in Taiwan dedicated to the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery during World ...

Comfort women: South Korea's survivors of Japanese brothels - BBC

Elderly women once forced to work in Japan's military brothels live out their days in a retirement home adjacent to a museum that documents ...

Why Did the 2015 Japan-Korea 'Comfort Women' Agreement Fall ...

The agreement was flawed from the beginning, and continued denialism from the Japanese government undermined its spirit.

"A Legal Herstory of WWII 'Comfort Women' — Chapters: Past ...

These women, including my late grandmother from South Korea, were forced into sexual slavery, servicing Japanese soldiers across the Asia-Pacific. Despite being ...

'Comfort women': the dark history of Japan's WWII sex slaves

South Korea launches memorial day honouring the women forced into brothels by Japanese occupiers.

Comfort women: The unrelenting oppression during and after WWII

Comfort women is a term used to describe approximately two-hundred thousand young women that were forced into sexual slavery. While the physical torture of ...

Shadows of History: South Korea's lingering struggle for justice over ...

This special series explores historical sites and cultural traditions from across the Korean Peninsula, building a bridge back to the search for identity in ...

In the Philippines, 'comfort women' who suffered in WWII fight to ...

The plight of survivors is a testament to how deeply sexual violence is embedded in wartime history.

The debate over South Korea's 'comfort women' | Features - Al Jazeera

South Korean academic Park Yu-ha left a Seoul court on Wednesday after winning a defamation case arising from her book about the Korean women Japan forced into ...

How the 'Comfort Women' continue to be exploited

MIA student Pernilla Söderberg sheds light on how the unresolved issue of World War II sex slaves plays a crucial part in the construction of national ...

Japan's Efforts on the Issue of Comfort Women

The issue of comfort women between Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK). (1) As the issue of comfort women has been a major diplomatic issue in Japan-ROK ...

Why the 'Comfort Women' Issue Still Matters, 70 Years Later

The refusal to adequately address past atrocities permeates how women are viewed in Japanese society today.