Japan Korea Comfort Women
Many in south korea believe that japan has not repented enough for its militarist past including over the so called comfort women issue.
Japan korea comfort women. Japan warns new comfort women statue may hurt ties with south korea issues stemming from japan s 1910 1945 colonial rule of the korean peninsula have frequently been a source of bilateral tensions. In post world war ii south korea and japan the comfort women were considered best forgotten. There she became one of the tens of thousands of comfort women subjected to forced prostitution by the imperial japanese army between 1932 and 1945.
For its part japan views the. They were lower class and tainted by their shameful profession. But japan has said the controversial statue is out of context and only serves.
South korea insists that japan has not truly apologized not even in the 2015 agreement on comfort women between japan and republic of korea the 2015 agreement. A korean citizens group is aiming to raise awareness of women forced to work in military brothels with a new memorial. While the first two were installed on private land the latest one was placed along a street in the capital with permission from authorities.