“During the assault, Kim screamed a slogan in favour of reunifying the divided Korean peninsula, and later shouted his opposition to the joint US-South Korean military drills that began the same week. The annual exercises always trigger a surge in…
““Teikoku no Ianfu” (Comfort women of the empire) is an ambitious piece of work that has received praise by some but also been so reviled by others that the author faces legal action in South Korea.”
“Two groups related to South Korea and China are jointly planning to put up statues of girls as symbols of “comfort women” who were forced to work at wartime Japanese military brothels, sources said Thursday.”
“In a new documentary, Russian journalist and television presenter Sergei Brilyov gives evidence that in August 1945, Soviet troops liberated the entire Korean peninsula, not just the North as previously thought.”
“North Korea has declared 2015 a “year of friendship” with Russia amid efforts to boost ties and cultural exchange as the countries mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, North Korea’s official news agency was quoted…
“Japan and South Korea share values,” Merkel reportedly told Okada. “It’s better to resolve the . . . issue properly.”
Kpop group fans raise money to support the History Museum of Japanese Military Comfort Women, Kwangju-city, Kyonggi-province.
“The U.S. government believed the “comfort women” issue was behind South Korean President Lee Myung-bak’s August 2012 visit to islets at the heart of a territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea, a U.S. document revealed on Tuesday.”
“Washington said on Monday that there has been no change in U.S. policy, part of an attempt to rectify controversial remarks made by an American diplomat that seemed to position the United States with Japan on historical issues with its…