A comfort woman statue is placed on a chair of a bus to mark the 5th International Memorial Day for Comfort Women in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP A comfort woman statue is placed on a chair of a bus to mark the 5th International Memorial Day for Comfort Women in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP
A comfort woman statue is placed on a chair of a bus to mark the 5th International Memorial Day for Comfort Women in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP
South Korea
Asia /  East Asia

South Korea orders Japan to pay damages to group of former ‘comfort women’ over treatment in military brothels

  • Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has criticised the comfort women ruling as ‘totally unacceptable’
  • Some Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers have requested Tokyo consider countermeasures against the ruling

Topic |   South Korea
Kyodo
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Updated: 9:07pm, 23 Jan, 2021

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A comfort woman statue is placed on a chair of a bus to mark the 5th International Memorial Day for Comfort Women in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP A comfort woman statue is placed on a chair of a bus to mark the 5th International Memorial Day for Comfort Women in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP
A comfort woman statue is placed on a chair of a bus to mark the 5th International Memorial Day for Comfort Women in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP
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