South Korea’s Supreme Court ordered Japanese corporation to directly compensate Korean forced labor victims, while Japan formally protested. President Yoon stated it will use domestic third-party funds to facilitate reparation as a part of restoring relations with Japan. Hankyoreh Article:…
“Lee Hak-rae’s decades-long battle for redress and compensation ended in vain. His life story raises serious questions about justice and good sense in this nation”
Asahi Shimbun: A Seoul court will reopen proceedings in a lawsuit by former “comfort women” seeking a combined 3 billion won (280 million yen, or $2.7 million) from the Japanese government in compensation for their ordeal. Asahi Shimbun: A South…
“A judge has issued a tentative ruling in support of the City of Glendale, which has been sued for placing a “comfort women” monument in Central Park.”
““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.”
“A group of women in South Korea and the United States are preparing to sue the Japanese government, claiming their human rights were breached when they were forced to become “comfort women,” those who were forced to provide sex for…
“More than 2,100 Japanese, including three living in the United States, filed a lawsuit against the Asahi Shimbun Co. on Wednesday, demanding that the newspaper publisher run advertisements in major U.S. and European dailies to apologize for its past stories…
“SEOUL–A court here ordered a halt to sales of a book on “comfort women” by a Korean professor, ruling that certain passages hurt the honor of the victims. The Seoul Eastern District Court on Feb. 17 said sales and publication of…