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Events mark international 'comfort women' day

Civic organizations and activists held a series of events in honor of victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, including the display of hundreds of mini statues symbolizing the so-called "comfort women." A total of 500 statues of a girl went on display at Cheongye Stream Square in central Seoul to mark the international "comfort women" day, which was created to commemorate ...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-14 12:58

Sex slave victims continue struggle

'Japanese police saw sex slave mobilization as crime'

Newly disclosed documents from Japanese police in 1938 indicate the police considered the mobilization of sex slaves before and during World War II as “abductions” and investigated the cases. Kim Moon-gil, chief of the Korea-Japan Cultural Studies Institute and honorary professor at Busan University of Foreign Studies, unveiled the documents, Sunday. Kim found the documents a...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-13 16:24

US, NK may take drastic turn to dialogue

Some North Korea experts predicted Sunday that Washington and Pyongyang may take a drastic shift to dialogue following the ongoing nasty war of words. They see North Korea’s plan to fire four Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM) into the sea near the U.S. territory of Guam as unrealistic and a calculated scenario. They also speculate that Pyongyang would no...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-11 17:12

Seoul's diplomatic quandary deepens

Korean-Americans tell Trump not to escalate tension

Twenty Korean-American elected officials council members have delivered a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump expressing deep concerns over his inflammatory rhetoric about North Korea. The letter was delivered to the White House Thursday, after Trump made his “fire and fury” remark that prompted Pyongyang to threaten to fire missiles into the sea off Guam. It was the first ...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-11 17:04

Seoul's diplomatic quandary deepens

Korean vacationers to Guam shrug off war threats

North Korea’s missile threats against the U.S. territory of Guam have so far had little impact on South Koreans planning to spend their vacation on the tourist island. South Korea’s two largest travel agencies told The Korea Times Friday that few people have canceled their trips to Guam or asked for a delay, though they are concerned about the long-term effect of military ten...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-11 17:00

Seoul's diplomatic quandary deepens

Seoul's diplomatic quandary deepens

The delayed appointment of ambassadors to the United States, China, Japan and Russia are deepening worries about whether South Korea can have in-depth dialogues with the four countries over security issues. The war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea this week heightened tensions in the region and raised a need to bolster cooperation with the four cou...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-11 16:59

'Trump should know about comfort women'

When two Korean college students embarked on an awareness campaign about the victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, there were 38 Korean survivors of the crime. Now, there are 37. On July 23, Kim Kun-ja, who was forcibly taken to frontline military brothels to serve Japanese soldiers during World War II, died at a shelter for “comfort women,” a euphemism for such victims....

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-11 16:45

Ex-comfort woman becomes singer at 90 [VIDEO]

Former “comfort woman” Gil Won-wok, 90, will make her debut as a singer with an album containing her favorite 15 peace-themed songs. The album “Gil Won-wok’s Peace” will be released on Aug. 14, the eve of the 72nd Liberation Day, which celebrates Korea’s independence from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule. The Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan support...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-10 17:01

Events mark international 'comfort women' day

US. N. Korea's war of words drawing fire

The international community is increasingly calling for both the United States and North Korea to refrain from threatening each other as their war of words escalate tension. North Korea claimed Thursday that it was examining a plan to fire four Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM) into waters near the U.S. territory of Guam. The North’s state media said the...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-10 16:45

Trump urged to stop 'bombastic rhetoric'

Korean text damages Japanese heritage-listed temple

Korean text has been carved into the wall of a UNESCO heritage-listed Japanese temple. Police said cleaners found the damage in the Todai-ji Buddhist temple complex in Nara Prefecture on Tuesday, NHK reported.

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-10 13:32

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