korean nationalism and the 'comfort women' issue
In post-World War II South Korea and Japan, the comfort women were considered best forgotten; they were lower class and tainted by their “shameful” profession. . ..…
In post-World War II South Korea and Japan, the comfort women were considered best forgotten; they were lower class and tainted by their “shameful” profession. . ..…
He also traveled to South Korea to see the comfort women used as sex slaves by Japanese soldiers World War II and visited Colombia and victims of that country's war. ..…
Numerous countries have grappled with this issue in the past; the most famous are Germany after World War II and South Africa after the fall of apartheid. . ..…
In their acrimony over trade and past war reparations, neither can forget World War II. . ... And the more distant World War II becomes, the more Japan and South Korea relive their bitter shared wartime past. . ..…
And World War II becomes, Japan and South Korea their bitter shared wartime past.. ..…
Is Korea enemy. at Korea YMCA Tokyo on Saturday, Tokyo University emeritus Haruki Wada said that the end of peace-making Japan is nearing us as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refuses to restore the relationship with South Korea.. In contrast, leaders in Polish of Wielun to mark the..…
It marks a significant turning point in the post-World War II Japanese-South Korean relationship established by the 1965 Normalization Treaty. ... The US has been 'the greatest purveyor of violence in the world' for decades on end and – to stay in East Asia –..…
Planeloads of German POWs were brought to the South during World War II and worked in the fields until the end of the war. ..…
The Korean War Timeline: . September, 1945: Korea divided between North backed by the Soviet and South backed by the US, after World War II . 1949: A pro-Soviet puppet government is left in charge of North Korea with a vastly superior army to US-supported South . ..…
Her sister was also duped and forced into labor without pay at factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries during Pacific War.. says we suffered nothing. South Korean top court ruled that Japanese companies conscripting South Korean people during World War..…
Disputes that stretch back to Japanese atrocities during World War II have pushed Japan and South Korea to the brink of war, .. While Tokyo cites security concerns most experts is retaliating against South Korea for recent court rulings that require Japanese..…
Last fall, South Korean Supreme Court ruled favor of dozen plaintiffs seeking compensation from Japanese firms that used forced Korean during World War II. Japan is now poised to remove South Korea from its white list of trusted countries for trade in sensitive..…
Japan and South Korea are both allies of the United States but relations between the two have been testy, to say the least, since before World War II. Despite several documented apologies by Japan over atrocities and forced labor during the war, many South Koreans feel that..…
William Halsey, who commanded the United States’ naval forces in the South Pacific during World War II, thought of his mission as “Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill more Japs,” and had vowed that when the war was over, the Japanese language would be spoken only in hell. . ..…
William Halsey, who commanded the United States’ naval forces in the South Pacific during World War II, thought of his mission as “Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill more Japs,” and had vowed that when the war was over, the Japanese language would be spoken only in hell. . ..…
By refusing to join in arbitration panel to settle dispute over, Japan's Friday summoned South Korea's ambassador and accused Seoul of violating international law World War II forced labor.. ... The action being taken by South Korean government is something that..…
Last week, Japan tightened restrictions on exports of high-tech materials vital to produce semiconductors and display panels for TVs and smartphones to South Korea, citing significant damage to the relationship of mutual trust, in response to court ruling of South Korea over the issue of..…
SEOUL/TOKYO, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean government has officially dissolved a Japan-funded foundation in Seoul for the South Korean victims forced to work in the Japanese military brothels before and during World War II, local daily newspaper Joongang Ilbo reported..…
American author and radio host from Chicago Lendman told Press TV in interview on Monday, The US has been hostile to North Korea since the end of World War II when Korean peninsula was divided between North and South. ..…
As an international legal scholar with a background in Asian legal systems, international human rights and international economic law, I believe the United States ignores the Asian tensions over World War II at its peril. . ... The statue represents victims of sexual slavery by the..…
Hollings hailed from South, served World War II and was about 20 years older than Biden. .. ..…
We Koreans, in both North and South, have deep scars from World War II and the division of our country after World War II, said Mimi Han of Young Women's Christian Association and Korean Women's Movement for Peace.. ..…
In her book The Tango War: The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II, award-winning reporter Mary Jo McConahay tells the story of Germany’s plan to divide South America into four Nazi territories. . ... During World War..…
BANGKOK, Thailand -- South Korea of World War II sex slave comfort woman has reopened demands for Tokyo to pay more... 02 February 2019... ..…
In her book The Tango War: The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II, award-winning reporter Mary Jo McConahay tells the story of Germany’s plan to divide South America into four Nazi territories. . ... During World War..…
South Korea’s Supreme Court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan to pay reparations to South Koreans who were forced laborers during World War II. ..…
Controversies erupted among intellectuals and politicians from the richer north and poorer south, while war crimes committed during World War II became an increasing source of contentious debates. . ..…
The world’s six economies comprising the 30-50 club were already great powers at the time of World War II. ... The world’s six economies comprising the 30-50 club were already great powers at the time of World War II. ..…
There, within earshot of Japan’s diplomatic mission, they chant and make speeches calling on Tokyo to more earnestly atone for misdeeds committed during the 1910-45 occupation of the Korean peninsula, in particular, the issue of women who were made to work at front-line brothels for Japanese soldiers during..…
Also in South Jersey: . Remains of South Jersey POW from World War II identified . ..…
The issue of comfort women, who were forced to provide sex for Japanese soldiers before and during World War II, has dogged relations for decades. . The foundation has been criticized in South Korea as an insufficient way for Japan to atone for its past. ..…
The potential display of the alleged war-crime flag has touched South Korea where many associate the symbol with Japanese military aggression during World War II ... ... The countries are at odds over ruling by Seoul's Supreme Court last month that Japanese..…
A total of 90 pilots and sailors who died mainly in World War II, and a few in World War I are buried there, mostly British, South African and Canadian servicemen. . ..…
A total of 90 pilots and sailors who died mainly in World War II, and a few in World War I are buried there, mostly British, South African and Canadian servicemen. . ..…
Ambitious in scope, PBS’s The Vietnam War, now showing on Netflix South Africa, is comparable to the legendary World War II series, The World at War, which riveted viewers. . ..…
Tokyo has used that bilateral agreement as the basis for its argument that it's unacceptable to now demand compensation from Japanese companies for bringing Korean workers to Japan during World War II.. South Korean on Oct 31 began preparations to establish joint..…
SEOUL, South Korea — In potentially far-reaching decision, South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that Japanese steelmaker should compensate four South Koreans for forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of Korean Peninsula before the end of World War II.. Lee Chun-sik, 94..…
The president instructed the military to ramp-up opposition to ‘freedom of navigation’ exercises being undertaken by the US, Australia, France, the UK, Japan and others through the waterway through which arterial shipping lanes have grown since the end of World War II. . ...…
The president instructed the military to ramp-up opposition to ‘freedom of navigation’ exercises being undertaken by the US, Australia, France, the UK, Japan and others through the waterway through which arterial shipping lanes have grown since the end of World War II. . ...…
To publicize the exploits of Jewish soldiers, or even to admit the existence of Jewish army in Middle East, rouses South Africa, Arab countries, and elsewhere, during World War II.. ..…
Moon and Abe “appeared wide apart” on the issue of women used as sex slaves by Imperial Japan in World War II, as Japan’s Mainichi put it: . Although Japan and South Korea agreed in 2015 to set up a foundation to care for the now elderly women, toward which the..…
Two Koreas open first liaison office since World War II . September 15, 2018 0 . . . . . North and South Korea have opened a liaison office on the North’s side of the heavily militarised border to facilitate better communication and exchanges ahead of their leaders’..…
These include bases Diego Garcia, Greenland, Alaska, Hawaii, Panama, Puerto Rico, Marshall Islands, Guam, Philippines, Okinawa, and South Korea — with people evicted as recently as 2006 South Korea.. Beginning during World War II and continuing right through..…
It was the first time an American president met with the leader of communist North Korea, which has been separated from democratic South Korea since the end of World War II. . ..…
separate ruling on Thursday ordered payment of million won each to six South Korean men. During World War II, forced labor was used to support Japanese effort. ..…
Washington, D.C. became a focal point for African Americans migrating from the segregated south before and after World War II. ..…
similar to Foundation for Reconciliation and Healing, Asian Fund disclaims any responsibility for the sexual abuses during Asia Pacific War and World War II.. ... Its members continue to protest in front of Japanese Embassy Seoul, known practice that has continued..…
murder our soldiers and officers who are peacekeepers, we will never allow this, group of World War II veterans in Russian of Kursk in speech. South Ossetians, meanwhile, moved to consolidate in their self-declared republic, which had population that was one-third..…
Bernard Rice is a World War II veteran and a frequent contributor to this column. . . . ... Copyright © 1994-2018 South Bend Tribune . Terms of Service . Index by Date . ..…
A veteran of World War II, Mr. VanderVeen served as student body president at the University of South Carolina and graduated from Harvard Law School. ..…