The city buses in Seoul started carrying plastic replicas of the “comfort women” statues On August 15th, as part of the National Liberation Day ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Korean peninsula from Japanese control, President Moon Jae-in touched upon the issue of conscripted laborers, saying “the suffering continues of […]
Since it was given World Heritage Status by UNESCO in 2015, “Battleship Island” (Hashima) in Nagasaki has been a focal point of the anti-Japanese movement in Korea, connecting it to the conscription of Korean laborers during the Pacific War. It is getting attention once again in Korea. It was discovered that to […]
South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye has been indicted for corruption. Impeached by lawmakers late last year and officially removed from office by the country’s high court last March, the former leader now faces the prospect of life in prison. Before this, as she got deeper into controversies, Park used heavy-handed tactics against the […]
