Against a backdrop of calls for historical accuracy, the symposium stressed a nuanced understanding of the comfort women issue's sensitive historical legacies.
In the 3rd annual International Comfort Women Symposium, scholars from the US join in debating the comfort women issue with experts from Japan and South Korea.
Pyongyang has peddled the comfort women story to divert attention from its weapons program and state-sponsored abduction.
Author and historian Kim says history distortion stokes anti-Japan sentiment and discusses how South Korea and Japan can move beyond the "history" problem.