The “comfort women” system was established by the Japanese Imperial Army before and during World War II. Under this infamous system the Japanese government and its army abducted women from ...

After nearly a decade of legal battles, Park was acquitted of defamation for a book that complicated the prevailing narrative on comfort women. Yoon emphasized his support for “freedom” in a ...

The statue, which commemorates the "comfort women" of World War II, has embroiled the local government in a minor diplomatic controversy. After nearly a decade of legal battles, Park was acquitted ...

It's a cue to refresh her memory. The two women are in yet another gathering of former World War Two sex slaves - the so-called "comfort women" who were forced into military brothels in South ...

SEOUL--A pair of statues erected in an idyllic botanical garden in South Korea look set to reignite a furor with Japan over the contentious wartime "comfort women" issue. The Korea Botanic Garden ...

An estimated 2,000 Taiwanese were forced into sexual slavery during World War II The last known Taiwanese "comfort woman" from World War Two has died aged 92, says a Taipei anti-sex trafficking group.

But she fought on anyway. Dy, an active member of the rights group Lila Pilipina and the last “comfort woman” in Malabon, died of cardiac arrest on Nov. 24 at the age of 94. Dy was friends ...

The Sparkle actress portrays Sister Manuela Apolonio, a nun who becomes a comfort woman during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines. On Instagram, Ashley told her character, "It would be my ...

Sharing more about her learnings from doing “Pulang Araw,” Ashley continued, “After I interviewed the two comfort women, I ...