Tag
comfort women
July 08, 2020
Were ‘Comfort Women’ Forced to Fight for the Imperial Japanese Army?
By Cristian Martini Grimaldi
Eyewitnesses remember women among the soldiers during the battle of Kohima -- something no history book recounts.
June 08, 2020
Comfort Women: Time’s Up for Activist Leadership
By Kan Kimura
An era of activists speaking on behalf of the women themselves has come to a natural end.
April 16, 2019
South Korean Court Wades Into Historical Issue
By Masao Okonogi
Is there a way out of the Japan-South Korea spat?
February 06, 2019
A Profound Development in Japan-South Korea Relations
By Kan Kimura
A recent ruling has global implications.
November 27, 2018
South Korea Decides to Dismantle 'Comfort Women' Reconciliation and Healing Foundation
By Hyunmin Michael Kang
Seoul is walking away from a key part of the 2015 agreement with Tokyo, tossing the comfort women issue back into the spotlight.
October 12, 2018
Facing 'Rising Sun' Flag Row, Japan Withdraws From International Fleet Review
By Daniel Hurst
The dispute once again illustrates the extent to which history plagues modern Japan-South Korea relations.
August 04, 2018
Little to Celebrate on 20th Anniversary of Obuchi-Kim Declaration
By Jeff Kingston
In 1998, Japan and South Korea agreed to “build a future-oriented relationship based on reconciliation.” What went wrong?
February 28, 2018
Japan-South Korea: So Close, Yet So Far
By Brad Glosserman
The roots of national identity for each state hinders deeper cooperation between them.
January 31, 2018
Confronting Korea’s Censored Discourse on Comfort Women
By Joseph Yi
Controversy over the comfort women is partly rooted in a Manichean worldview dividing people into innocents and oppressors.
January 25, 2018
Abe Will Go to PyeongChang, Despite Japan-South Korea Tensions
By Ankit Panda
Abe will make a statement on the "comfort women" issue while in South Korea.
January 18, 2018
What’s Next for South Korea’s Moon Jae-in in 2018?
By Brad Glosserman
Given that little about what is occurring is new, here is a cliché-ridden assessment of what lies ahead for him.
January 08, 2018
South Korea Pulls Back From Sex Slave Agreement With Japan
By Hyunmin Michael Kang
A recent government report criticizes the agreement made under the previous Park administration.
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