"No one has bothered to verify these exaggerations and demagoguery" — Chosun Ilbo reporter on historical misrepresentation at Seodaemun Independence Park.
Comfort Women of the Empire by Park Yuha has been widely praised as a valiant attempt to narrow the gap in perceptions between Japan and South...
Professors Ramseyer and Morgan's book demonstrates the elusiveness of truth and raises questions about protecting academic freedom in the comfort women debate.
A February 19 press conference underscored the recent journalistic and academic silence on the comfort women issue. We consider what has changed.
The authors offered a glimpse into their new book on the deeper problems behind the comfort women issue and the somber realities of American higher education.
This book by J Mark Ramseyer and Jason M Morgan exposes the twin dangers of intellectual dishonesty and censorship on the comfort women issue in academia.
"Please accept the uncomfortable truths of the Japanese colonial era head-on. The truth is the truth, even if it's unbearable," said Lew after the court ruled.
MediaWatch founder Byun Hee-jae says that scholarly rebuttal is the standard practice in academic debate — not weaponizing the media and law to stifle dissent.
South Korean scholars Lew Seok-Choon and Lee Wooyoun discuss shifting perceptions on the comfort women issue and the court case against Professor Lew.
The author explains why and how brothel owners used contracts to secure the services of comfort women in the prewar and wartime era of Japanese history.
In an interview, Nobukatsu Fujioka and Yumiko Yamamoto discuss J Mark Ramseyer’s new book on comfort women, recently translated into Japanese and Korean.
Durable international ties depend on shared values and material interests, and for democracies, the foundation of such is ultimately individual liberty.