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Japan-South Korea comfort women agreement
![Relitigating the Past: How to Overcome Recent Court Cases and Strengthen the Japan-South Korea Relationship Relitigating the Past: How to Overcome Recent Court Cases and Strengthen the Japan-South Korea Relationship](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-05-12-123754.jpg)
Relitigating the Past: How to Overcome Recent Court Cases and Strengthen the Japan-South Korea Relationship
By Cornelius Cornelssen
Two recent legal rulings in South Korea are once again threatening to unravel the relationship.
![Japan Cautiously Welcomes South Korean President-Elect Japan Cautiously Welcomes South Korean President-Elect](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-07-11.jpg)
Japan Cautiously Welcomes South Korean President-Elect
By Mari Yamaguchi
Tensions between the two are frozen over, but president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has spoken of his interest in a thaw.
![Why Did the 2015 Japan-Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Agreement Fall Apart? Why Did the 2015 Japan-Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Agreement Fall Apart?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-18-135216.jpg)
Why Did the 2015 Japan-Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Agreement Fall Apart?
By Yuji Hosaka
The agreement was flawed from the beginning, and continued denialism from the Japanese government undermined its spirit.
![Japan Urges South Korea to Drop Wartime Compensation Demands Japan Urges South Korea to Drop Wartime Compensation Demands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-19-1.jpg)
Japan Urges South Korea to Drop Wartime Compensation Demands
By Associated Press
A South Korean court's recent ruling is likely to further complicate bilateral relations between the two U.S. allies.
![K-Pop Group BTS Caught in Latest Tensions Between South Korea and Japan K-Pop Group BTS Caught in Latest Tensions Between South Korea and Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18313141571028.jpg)
K-Pop Group BTS Caught in Latest Tensions Between South Korea and Japan
By Jenna Gibson
Amid a rising wave of tensions, Korean entertainment is once again getting caught in the crossfire.
![Japan-South Korea: So Close, Yet So Far Japan-South Korea: So Close, Yet So Far](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18040243748072.jpg)
Japan-South Korea: So Close, Yet So Far
By Brad Glosserman
The roots of national identity for each state hinders deeper cooperation between them.
![Confronting Korea’s Censored Discourse on Comfort Women Confronting Korea’s Censored Discourse on Comfort Women](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1200px-peace_statue_comfort_woman_statue_위안부_소녀상_평화의_소녀상_1_22607964614.jpg)
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.
![The Japan-South Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Agreement Survives (Barely) The Japan-South Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Agreement Survives (Barely)](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-38101720982_77f1c25df0_k.jpg)
The Japan-South Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Agreement Survives (Barely)
By Yuki Tatsumi
After months of speculation, Moon's administration decides to keep to the 2015 agreement.
![Japan Must Not Renegotiate the Comfort Women Agreement Japan Must Not Renegotiate the Comfort Women Agreement](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-11-03_14-21-59.jpg)
Japan Must Not Renegotiate the Comfort Women Agreement
By Yukari Easton
South Korea's Moon Jae-in has domestic political reasons for reopening the agreement.
![Japan’s Pyrrhic Victory Over ‘Comfort Women’ Commemoration Japan’s Pyrrhic Victory Over ‘Comfort Women’ Commemoration](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-31_01-07-38.jpg)
Japan’s Pyrrhic Victory Over ‘Comfort Women’ Commemoration
By Edward Vickers
Blocking comfort women documents from UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register could do Japan more harm than good.
![What Next for Japan-South Korea Relations? What Next for Japan-South Korea Relations?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-rtx36bbr.jpg)
What Next for Japan-South Korea Relations?
By Mina Pollmann
A reopening (yet again) of the comfort women issue could threaten cooperation on defense issues.
![The Korea-Japan 'Comfort Women' Failure: A Question of History The Korea-Japan 'Comfort Women' Failure: A Question of History](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-31_01-07-38.jpg)
The Korea-Japan 'Comfort Women' Failure: A Question of History
By Joseph Yi
South Korea does not allow for any nuance in its discussions of this particular historical issue.
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