Obituary: Kim Bok-dong, the South Korean 'comfort woman'The coffin passed the Japanese embassy in Seoul, accompanied on its final journey by mourners waving banners and holding yellow butterflies.
The big row over a small Australian statue
A statue honouring so-called "comfort women" outside a church in Sydney Outside a church in suburban Sydney sits a bronze sculpture of a young Korean girl in traditional dress. She stares in silent protest, a symbol of the estimated 200,000 women were forced to work for the prostitution corps of the Japanese army during World War Two. But the 1.5m (5ft) statue is suddenly drawing international ang
Japan and South Korea agree WW2 'comfort women' deal
Activists for comfort women erected a statue of a girl which they call a 'peace monument' outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul in 2011 Japan and South Korea have agreed to settle the issue of "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese brothels during World War Two, in their first such deal since 1965. Japan has apologised and will pay 1bn yen ($8.3m, £5.6m) - the amount South Korea asked for - to
Japan revisionists deny WW2 sex slave atrocities
Former chief of Japan's air forces, Toshio Tamogami, says that stories of atrocities such as the Nanjing massacre in the 1930s are "lies and fabrication" It is when I ask him about the issue of Korean comfort women that Mr Tamogami's denials are most indignant. He declares it "another fabrication", saying: "If this is true, how many soldiers had to be mobilised to forcibly drag those women away? A
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan PM apology on sex slaves
Last Updated: Monday, 26 March 2007, 10:36 GMT 11:36 UK Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apologised in parliament for the country's use of women as sex slaves during World War II. The apology comes after Mr Abe was criticised by Asian neighbours for previous comments casting doubt on whether the women were coerced. Mr Abe told parliament: "I apologise here and now as prime minister." This app
Japan paper Yomiuri Shimbun retracts 'sex slaves' references
Former comfort women and their relatives have held demonstrations in Tokyo demanding justice Japan's biggest newspaper has issued a controversial apology for using the term "sex slaves" when referring to women who worked in brothels set up for Japanese soldiers in World War Two. Yomiuri Shimbun said its English version should not have used the phrase as it implied the women were coerced. Japan apo
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