comfort women

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  2/26/2021
  

  Seeking the True Story of the Comfort Women

  by Jeannie Suk Gersen

  A Harvard Law School professor tried to understand why her colleague made a provocative and contrarian argument that Korean "comfort women" engaged in voluntary sex work. She discovered that recourse to the facts was both straightforward and frustrating.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/26/2021
  

  A Harvard Professor Called Wartime Sex Slaves ‘Prostitutes.’ One Pushed Back

  One of the last survivors among the Korean "comfort women" of World War II has denounced a recent paper characterizing the trafficking of women by the Imperial Japanese Army as ordinary prostitution. 

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• SOURCE: The Asia-Pacific Journal
  2/23/2021
  

  Supplement to Special Issue: Academic Integrity at Stake: The Ramseyer Article

  by Alexis Dudden

  The Asia-Pacific Journal is publishing a collection of letters in opposition to the controversial article by Harvard Law professor J. Mark Rameseyer which characterized the sexual abuse of Korean women during World War II as freely contracted sex work. 

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  2/16/2021
  

  Harvard Law Prof Rejects Historical Consensus on ‘Comfort Women,' Historians Respond

  "There has been so much scholarship produced in the 30 years since the first survivor came forward and it’s almost as if Professor Ramseyer's decision is to just ignore all of the debate -- as if he’s the first person to come into this," said Alexis Dudden, an expert on modern Japanese and Korean history.

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• SOURCE: Harvard Crimson
  2/15/2021
  

  Journal Delays Print Publication of Harvard Law Professor’s Controversial ‘Comfort Women’ Article Amid Outcry

  "Against the historical consensus, Ramseyer claims in his paper, entitled “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War," that comfort women were not coerced and instead voluntarily entered into contracts with Japanese brothels."

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• SOURCE: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
  7/28/2020
  

  New Statues Stoke Sensitivity Between South Korea, Japan

  A pair of new statues in South Korea of a man kneeling in front of a girl symbolizing a victim of sexual slavery by Japan's wartime military is the latest subject of diplomatic sensitivity between the countries, with Tokyo's government spokesperson questioning whether the male figure represents the Japanese prime minister.

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• SOURCE: Yonhap News Agency
  4/29/2020
  

  Late 'Comfort Woman' Recognized for Lifelong Human Rights Activities with Amnesty Award

  Kim Bok-dong, a former sex slavery victim-turned human rights activist received a posthumous award from Amnesty International.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11-30-18
  

  'Comfort women': anger as Japan paper alters description of WWII terms

  Change prompts concern that country’s media is trying to rewrite wartime history under rightwing pressure.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  11-21-18
  

  South Korea Signals End to ‘Final’ Deal With Japan Over Wartime Sex Slaves

  The deal has been deeply unpopular among South Koreans, including some of the surviving victims, who say it fell short of official reparations and a declaration of legal responsibility on Japan’s part.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  10-4-18
  

  San Francisco Japanese sister-city cuts its ties over comfort women statue

  The mayor of Osaka objects to the statue, which memorializes the Korean women exploited by Japanese soldiers in the thirties and forties.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  1-12-18
  

  Japan Balks at Calls for New Apology to South Korea Over ‘Comfort Women’

  On matters of history, Japan and South Korea can never seem to agree to disagree.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-27-17
  

  Deal With Japan on Former Sex Slaves Failed Victims, South Korean Panel Says

  The conclusions threaten the 2015 agreement over so-called comfort women, forced to work in brothels for the Japanese military from the 1930s until 1945.

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• SOURCE: Asia-Pacific Journal
  12-14-17
  

  What happened when a teacher assigned a book on "comfort women" shocked her

  by Miriam Kingsberg Kadia

  It was in a course on modern Japanese history where things went haywire.

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• SOURCE: South China Morning Post
  11-5-17
  

  South Korean Professor Fined for Book About “Comfort Women,” Proving the Truth Is Still Dangerous

  The case against Park Yu-ha was not about whether her academic research was correct but whether the nine plaintiffs in the defamation suit had been harmed.

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• SOURCE: BBC
  7-10-17
  

  'Comfort women': Researchers claim first known film

  South Korea has released what it says is the first known footage of "comfort women" forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War Two.

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• SOURCE: Japan Today
  3-1-17
  

  Japan has asked joined suit filed at the US Supreme Court to remove "comfort women” statue in California

  The statue was erected in a community where Korean Americans live.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  1-25-17
  

  Professor Who Wrote of Korean ‘Comfort Women’ Wins Defamation Case

  In a case closely followed by the South Korean news media, a judge in the Eastern District Court in Seoul ruled that her academic freedom must be protected.

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• SOURCE: BBC
  1-6-17
  

  Japan recalls Korean envoy over 'comfort women' statue

  Japan has temporarily withdrawn its ambassador to South Korea, amid an escalating row over a statue representing wartime sex slaves.

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• SOURCE: The Los Angeles Times
  2-8-16
  

  'Comfort women' and a lesson in how history is shaped in California textbooks

  After nearly a decade of delays, California educators released a draft guideline that will shape how history is taught to students across the state.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-29-15
  

  South Korean and Japanese Leaders Feel Backlash From ‘Comfort Women’ Deal

  The leaders of South Korea and Japan faced a barrage of criticism on Tuesday from nationalists upset about a landmark deal aimed at resolving a dispute over Korean women who had been pressed into sexual servitude in Japanese military brothels before and during World War II.