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Article: Update on the 'comfort women' issue. (involvement of Japanese army in system of forced military prostitution in South Korea) (Transcript)
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- WIN News
- Article date:
- June 22, 1993
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FROM: RESOURCE MATERIALS ON WOMEN'S LABOR IN JAPAN, ASIAN WOMEN WORKERS' CENTER 2-3-18-34 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169, JAPAN
"In December 1991 a group of 41 Koreans, consisting of former forced military prostitutes (|comfort women'), ex-soldiers and civilian army employees, filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government for compensation. Three hearings have been held so far. With the bringing to light of historical records, the Japanese government has shifted its attitude and now admits the army's involvement in the |comfort women' system. . . However, they still deny the army's involvement in forcibly recruiting the women. The government still maintains ...
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