Come the end of this year, San Francisco is expected to have a new — and undoubtedly controversial — memorial: a tribute to the so-called “comfort women,” young sexual slaves […]
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Former South Korean comfort women sue government over Japan deal
A group of South Korea’s former so-called “comfort women” – sexual slaves who were forced to serve the Japanese army during World War II – are suing the Korean […]
Glendale is keeping its ‘comfort women’ statue
It looks like the controversial statue of a “comfort woman” sitting in Glendale’s Central Park in California will be staying put. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the District Court’s […]
The vote is in: ’Comfort women’ history to be included in California textbooks
A vote Thursday by the California State Board of Education will bring the history of the so-called “comfort women,” sexual slaves from Asian countries taken by the Japanese army during World […]
Korean American Documentary on ‘Comfort Women’ Premieres in L.A.
by ALEX HYUN | @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com The Last Tear, a documentary film about Asian women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese imperial army, premiered at CGV Cinemas in Los […]
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Stops Short of Apology for World War II
Pictured above: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Screenshot captured via Reuters Video) by KEN […]
Korean Man Sets Himself on Fire to Protest Japan’s Wartime Sex Slavery
by ALEX HYUN | @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com Days ahead of Korea’s 70th Liberation Day, an 80-year old South Korean man lit himself on fire on Wednesday outside the Japanese embassy […]
Two South Koreans Cycle Across USA for ‘Comfort Women’ Awareness
by KARIN CHAN editor@charactermedia.com Two South Korean pals are cycling across America to raise awareness for the Korean “comfort women” who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese […]
Former Japanese Prime Minister Urges Abe to Uphold Japan’s WWII Apologies
Pictured above: Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama at the Japan National Press Club. (Screenshot captured from JNPC footage) by MARI YAMGUCHI | @mariyamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — […]
Seoul to Financially Support Animated Film on ‘Comfort Women’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com South Korea announced on Thursday that it will render financial support for the production of an animated short film about Korean women forced […]
Shinzo Abe Offers ‘Remorse’ But No Apology for WWII ‘Comfort Women’
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com For some, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “eternal condolences” for the American lives lost during World War II were not enough. In […]
Seoul to Strengthen Education on ‘Comfort Women’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com The South Korean government announced on Wednesday that it will make efforts to further educate its elementary school students about Japans’s sexual enslavement […]
Abe Expected to Mention Japan’s Wartime Sex Slavery During U.S. Trip: U.S. Congressman
Pictured above: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his official residence. The meeting was in Tokyo, Japan on April 3, 2015. (Photo courtesy […]
Shinzo Abe Invited to Address Joint U.S. Congress Session
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will speak before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress on April 29, reports Yonhap News Agency. […]
Shinzo Abe Urged to Clearly Apologize for Sexual Slavery, War Crimes Before U.S. Trip
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com As all signs point to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe making a trip to the United States later this spring, several activists […]
