All posts tagged "comfort women"

  • "Lines of Violation" will be shown inside International House of Philadelphia from May 20 to June 4.
    Comfort women art exhibit to show in Philly through June 4

    By The Korea Times Philadelphia staff The silhouettes of comfort womens’ hands are shown in “Lines of Violation,” an art exhibit put on by the International House of Philadelphia. The display, which was in the possession of...

    • Posted May 28, 2015
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    Ex-Japanese PM urges Tokyo to resolve sex slave issue

    SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) — Japan should move first to resolve the ongoing row with South Korea over the Japanese military’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, a former Japanese prime minister said Wednesday....

    • Posted May 20, 2015
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    Protesters gather in downtown LA to speak against Abe during visit

    By Brian Han Hundreds of activists gathered on Friday outside the Biltmore hotel in downtown Los Angeles to protest Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s lack of an outright apology for Japan’s World War II actions regarding sexual slavery....

    • Posted May 1, 2015
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  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Thursday, April 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)
    Chinese media slams Abe for no apology on war atrocities

    BEIJING, May 1 (Yonhap) — China’s state-run media Friday stepped up criticism against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who stopped short of apologizing for Japan’s wartime atrocities in a speech to the U.S. Congress. In the landmark...

    • Posted May 1, 2015
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  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks before a joint meeting of Congress, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listen. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    S. Korea says Abe’s speech ‘very regrettable’

    SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) — South Korea denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thursday for his failure to apologize for Japan’s wartime atrocities, saying he thwarted chances to mend ties with Seoul. Responding to Abe’s speech in...

    • Posted April 30, 2015
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  • Lee Yong-soo of South Korea is seen of the West Lawn of the Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Yong Soo Lee is one of dozens of surviving “comfort women” from Korea other Asian countries that were forced into sexual servitude by Japanese troops. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
    Plan to nominate comfort women for Nobel Peace Prize

    By Kim Se-jeong Two women’s advocacy groups will nominate 53 Korean survivors of sexual slavery during World War II for the Nobel Peace Prize, activists said Wednesday. “We are now discussing the plan because we believe the...

    • Posted April 29, 2015
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  • Protestors calling for an apology from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on wartime history gathered at Capitol Hill Tuesday.
    Abe addresses Congress without apology as protests continue

    By Tae Hong The heat on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to issue a personal apology for Japan’s wartime history continued Wednesday as he spoke to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, the first Japanese leader...

    • Posted April 29, 2015
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