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 […]
On August 3rd Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reorganized his Cabinet. After the investiture ceremony at the Imperial Palace, he launched his third restructured Cabinet. That same evening he held a press conference at the official residence of the prime minister. With respect to his previously stated intent to bring about revision of […]
(Last of 3 Parts) Part 1: Lie Debunked: Historical Data Show No Forced Labor for Koreans Part 2: Forced Labor Propaganda: When You’ve Got No Historical Facts, Use Fake Graffiti On April 4, Lee Soon-deok, the oldest living former comfort woman, died of old age at a hospital in Seoul. She was […]
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 […]
(Last of 4 parts) Part 1: Comfort Woman Statues: A War Against the US, Not Japan Part 2: Comfort Women Issue: Why Do the Japanese Keep Apologizing? Part 3: Americans, Comfort Women Myth Makers from Asia Think We’re Too Naive Getting Down to Business: Statues about Politics, Power, and Money Talking with […]
(Third of 4 parts) Part 1: Comfort Woman Statues: A War Against the US, Not Japan Part 2: Comfort Women Issue: Why Do the Japanese Keep Apologizing? I have discussed the what and the how of the comfort women system, but what about the why? Why do military forces prefer to have designated […]
(Second of 4 parts) Part 1: Comfort Woman Statues: A War Against the US, Not Japan Believe it or not, American Southerners find some commonalties with Japanese culture. This is important. I understand Southern culture. Much of my family was from North Florida, South Georgia, and Oklahoma. We would swim in […]
Kim Ki-jong – Comfort Woman terrorist who attacked the Japanese Ambassador to South Korea, and who tried to assassinate U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert. (AP photos) (First of 4 Parts) Michael Yon, Special for JAPAN Forward Koreans are coming. Not in peace. Few citizens of Brookhaven, Georgia realize […]
On June 30, a comfort woman statue was erected in a public park in Brookhaven, Georgia, a city in the American South. It is the second statue on public land in the United States, following the statue which was erected in Glendale, California, in 2013. The Brookhaven unveiling ceremony was packed with Korean-American residents. […]
In an interview with American media, Korean President Moon Jae-in rehashed the comfort women issue and repeated his criticism of Japan. We find this absolutely unacceptable. In his interview with Reuters, Moon stated that Japan is not “making its best effort” with regards to historical issues, including that of comfort women. We would […]
The United Nations Special Rapporteur David Kaye speaks to the Japanese press in Tokyo on June 2, 2017 The United Nations Special Rapporteur continues his anti-Japanese criticism. He finds faults based on one-sided arguments, such as the Japanese government using its influence to distort history textbooks, and the media atrophying. He also […]
