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South Korea: Japanese wartime ‘comfort women’ commemorated
August 15, 2018 By Faith Matters

South Korea: Japanese wartime ‘comfort women’ commemorated

South Korea marked its first “memorial day” on Tuesday for girls and women forced to work in Japan’s wartime brothels, with both of the U.S. allies expressing concern that the emotionally charged issue could undermine their relations. Under a 2015 deal, Japan apologised to the “comfort women”, its euphemism for women – many of them […]

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