"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.
The court ignored the facts, previous settlements, and international law as it sought to bypass the Seoul government to punish Japan in the comfort women saga.
Talks In Busan were amicable. Still, their success will be measured by whether the foreign ministers of Japan, China, and South Korea can resolve sticky issues.
The controversial South Korean court decision on comfort women has angered Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, who is on her way to Busan this weekend.
Moon Jae In’s administration wants to leave a legacy of maintaining a hard line on Japan, and thus will probably avoid resolution of any major political...
Japan still cannot celebrate without reservation a recent favorable ruling by a Seoul court. President Moon Jae In’s attitude is one reason South Korea has a...
Sovereign immunity is a bedrock principle of international law, which South Korea trampled upon when a local court ruled that Japan should compensate former ‘comfort women.’
Free speech is rapidly becoming a vanishing commodity worldwide. Political correctness, pandemic fake news, social media “shadow bans,” and hidebound institutional biases at universities...
