Jan. 3 (UPI) --A statue dedicated to "comfort women" who were raped and assaulted in wartime has been removed in the Philippines, only two days after its unveiling. The statue of a young woman with ...

MANILA, Philippines (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- Eighty years ago, the pre-recorded announcement of Emperor Hirohito on Aug. 14, 1945 verbally accepting the terms of surrender that ended World ...

During the Second World War thousands of women in Asia were forced to work as prostitutes for Japanese soldiers Some of them were still teenagers They were raped often beaten and abused The Japanese ...

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The late former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama Tomiichi is recognized as a "conscience-driven leader who reflected on past history through his statements." President Lee Jae-myung’s special ...

We urge readers to listen to her story in her own voice. The video can be found at this link, or the transcript here. A few minutes before the start of our first international webinar last July, ...

Theater director Dimo Kim learned about “comfort women,” the mostly Korean women who were forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II, when he was a high school student in South ...

Catholics in South Korea have urged the Japanese government to offer a sincere apology to the comfort women forced into sexual slavery by its imperial army during World War II. The National Catholic ...

Two California non-profits are planning to distribute across school districts in California a teacher's resource guide about “comfort women,” the mostly Korean women who were forced into Japanese ...