SKorean president calls sex slave deal with Japan flawed SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday the country’s 2015 agreement with Japan to settle a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery was seriously flawed. Moon’s statement in which he vows... Women 28 Dec, 2017
Filipinos raped by Japanese WWII troops demand compensation MANILA: A group of elderly Filipino women raped by Japanese troops during World War II called for compensation from Japan on Wednesday, following Tokyo's pledge of $8.3 million for South Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels... Women 06 Jan, 2016
Relief, anger, indifference over SKorea-Japan sex slave deal SEOUL: A day after trumpeting an "irreversible" settlement of a decades-long standoff over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan's WWII military, there's relief among South Korean and Japanese diplomats, fury among activists and many of... Women 29 Dec, 2015
S.Korea, Japan reach landmark deal on WWII sex slaves SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: An apology from Japan's prime minister and a pledge of more than $8 million sealed a breakthrough deal Monday on a decades-long impasse with South Korea over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World... Women 28 Dec, 2015
South Korean court refuses to review WWII treaty with Japan SEOUL: A South Korean court on Wednesday refused to review a complaint over the 1965 treaty between Japan and South Korea that Tokyo uses to deny compensation for South Korean victims of World War II-era slavery, a boost to recent efforts by the... Women 23 Dec, 2015
Japan, SKorea agree to work to resolve WWII sex slave issue SEOUL: The leaders of South Korea and Japan resumed formal talks Monday after a 3½-year freeze and agreed to try to resolve the decades-old issue of Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II. The agreement is a... Women 02 Nov, 2015
