In an interview, Park Yuha argues that comfort women activism started with good intentions but ignored the universal issue in a rush to hold Japan liable.
Hata provides an objective dissent on orthodox views of comfort women in Korea while also acknowledging the poverty that plagued many Chosun women victims.
In "Comfort Women: The North Korean Connection," Waseda U's Tetsuo Arima and Harvard Law's J Mark Ramseyer expose how Pyongyang is driving the historical lie.
The decision ignored vigorous local and international concerns over social divisiveness and factual inaccuracies of the project expressed in public comments.
"The statue does not symbolize peace, and its erection will further aggravate the conflict," says Lee Wooyeon of the Naksungdae Institute of Economic Research.
After being caught off guard and flip-flopping on the statue's status, German officials appear to be considering new ways to calm the international controversy.
“My people and the international community…are being deceived by such malicious propaganda.” — Kim Byungheon, advocate against comfort women fraud.
Grossly exaggerated claims concerning the Nanjing Massacre and comfort woman controversies are faltering, and not due to lack of evidence alone.
The End Comfort Women Fraud group says the statue and textual inscription of the “Statue of Peace” run counter to the historical evidence and mislead viewers.
About 60 activists gathered, hurling tirades of condemnation and some violence at the lawful demonstration by a South Korean civic group.
Crimes happened, yes, and these were committed by unethical brokers and unscrupulous Japanese inspectors on the ground. But it is simply not true that the Japanese...
Archival research specialist Tetsuo Arima says the critics need to comprehend the source documents and set aside their political motives, before dismissing Harvard law professor Ramseyer's...