Comfort Women issue

After nearly a decade of legal battles, Park was acquitted of defamation for a book that complicated the prevailing narrative on comfort women.

South Korea’s erratic court rulings and disharmony in the justice system are jeopardizing its bilateral relations with Japan.

The Supreme Court ruling in Park Yu-ha’s case should be a catalyst for change.

Yoon emphasized his support for “freedom” in a U.N. General Assembly address, but most attention focused on the dimming chances of a summit with Japan’s Kishida Fumio. 

The Yoon administration has expressed a strong willingness to improve bilateral ties with Japan, but Tokyo seems unwilling to budge on the central issues. 

Along with their different policies on North Korea, the two candidates also have different perspectives on Japan. 

The agreement was flawed from the beginning, and continued denialism from the Japanese government undermined its spirit.

While U.S. scholars and politicians criticized the article, it was defended by far-right activists in Japan – and South Korea.

The Japanese government rejected a court ruling on compensation for South Korean women forced into sexual slavery during World War II. 

The ruling recalls the 2018 judgment on forced labor that sparked a trade war between Japan and South Korea.

South Korea-Japan ties during Abe’s tenure can probably best be described as persistent lows, punctuated by what have proved to be mostly ephemeral highs

Accusations from a former victim of pilfered donations have sparked controversy.

The survivors of Japanese sexual slavery started a pioneering human rights movement combating sexual abuse.

The refusal to adequately address past atrocities permeates how women are viewed in Japanese society today.

Controversy over the comfort women is partly rooted in a Manichean worldview dividing people into innocents and oppressors.

After months of speculation, Moon's administration decides to keep to the 2015 agreement.

South Korea's Moon Jae-in has domestic political reasons for reopening the agreement.

80 years after the Nanjing Massacre, historical issues continue to haunt China-Japan relations.

10 years ago, Congress made its first foray into a tense historical issue involving two U.S. allies.

South Korea does not allow for any nuance in its discussions of this particular historical issue.

Tokyo’s position is damaging its international reputation and playing into China’s hands.

Domestic opposition to the deal in South Korea continues to intensify, posing challenges.

How, and why, activists and artists seek to tell the story of wartime sexual slavery to an American audience.

Lacking formal implementation and combined with changing political tides, the comfort women issue will drag on.