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Do You Know? There’s a More Inclusive View of the Controversy Over Comfort Women Statues
The Japanese comfort women program has become a dominant symbol of an era encompassing the Asia-Pacific War. Koreans h
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In South Korea, a Conservative Group Exposes Cracks in Comfort Women Narrative
The international community now sits at the crossroads in the face of China’s heightening of tensions with the United
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[Bookmark] Is Japan Putting Up A Good Enough Fight Against China’s Propaganda Warfare?
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching
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[Speaking Out] What Happened to Free Speech and Academic Freedom in South Korea?
On July 2, South Korean National Assemblyman Song Young Gil, who chairs the assembly’s Foreign Policy and Unification
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BOOK REVIEW | ‘American Soldiers Witnessed Korean Comfort Women-Flowers of the War’ by Koichi Mera and Kiyoshi Hosoya
There is a new book out with original source information on Korean comfort women. American Soldiers Witnessed Korean C
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[Speaking Out] Hypocrisy of Korean Comfort Women Support Group Exposed
In South Korea, former comfort woman Lee Yong Soo has harshly criticized Yoon Mee Hyang, a former leader of […]
Court Battle Over Comfort Women Film Taints Japanese University’s Research Ethics Record
Until countries went into various levels of lockdown, a film dealing with the comfort women issue was being screened [
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South Korea’s Political Parasites Deprive Comfort Women of Closure and Healing
South Korean films are popular around the world. But while in the film world a South Korean film […]
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Possibly Not a Comfort Woman? Isn’t it Time for Historical Accuracy on the Comfort Women Issue?
Over the last few days, a feud has surfaced between former comfort women and their core support group […]
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The “Lai Dai Han”: UK’s BBC Reports on Korean Soldiers’ Deeds during the Vietnam War
A feature article reporting on sexual violence against women perpetrated by Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War,
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Why the Resurgence of the Term ‘Military Comfort Women’ in Our Textbooks?
I have written on this subject time and again, but the phrase “Military Comfort Women” was coined long after the [&helli
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[Speaking Out] Japan Times’ Latest Revision of Comfort Women Description A Matter of Concern
The Japan Times, an English language daily in Japan, announced in a half-page statement on March 20 that […]