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    “Wednesday Demonstrations” in condolence with Comfort Women continue

    On the 1212th anniversary of the weekly “Wednesday Demonstrations,” numbers exceeded the usual and the atmosphere was different. The weekly demonstrations became the main outlet for the victims of Japan’s war crimes to vent their anger. On January 6, 2016, dozens of protesters gathered, sitting on the ground, surrounded by…

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    “Comfort women” enraged by the deal between Korea and Japan

    A day after the irreversible settlement of a decades-long standoff over Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s WWII military, there’s relief among South Korean and Japanese diplomats, fury among activists and many of the elderly victims and general public indifference in both countries. South Korean first and second vice foreign…

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    Settling the sex slavery dilemma between Korea and Japan

    Foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan held discussion in Seoul on Monday 28th December arriving at a conclusion that would solve the issue of sex slavery between Korea and Japan. The settlement says that Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe would apologize and offer his deepest regrets and condolences to the…

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    Court rejects review of 1965 Korea-Japan treaty

    The Constitutional Court rejected Wednesday a petition to review the constitutionality of Korea’s 1965 post-occupation agreement with Japan with regard to compensation claims from forced wartime laborers. The court said it has decided not to review the case because the Korea-Japan Claims Agreement cannot be seen as the grounds for…

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