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일본군 '위안부' 기록물 유네스코 세계기록유산 공동등재를 위한 국제연대위원회 관계자들이 6일 서울 중구 스페이스쉐어 서울역3센터에서 10년째 해결되지 않는 등재 신청 촉구 기자회견을 하고 있다. 2026.9.6 hwayoung7@yna.co.kr/2026-09-06 11:40:45/

Civic groups urge Unesco to list documents on Japan’s wartime sexual slavery

Groups from eight countries including Korea and China made the call for the Memory of the World Register designation.

2026.9.6

Busts of victims of sexual slavery under Japanese colonial rule are seen lined up in front of a memorial center in Gwangju, Gyeonggi on Aug. 21. [YONHAP]

Korea renews call for Japan to squarely acknowledge wartime sexual slavery

Korea has renewed its call for Japan to squarely acknowledge its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II in a letter to the U.N. human rights body, the document showed Tuesday.

2025.9.16

Another victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery dies, 8 survivors remain

A victim of Japan's sexual slavery of Korean women during World War II has died, a civic group said Saturday, bringing down the number of officially registered surviving victims to eight.

2024.9.8

The Peace Monument, symbolizing the women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, stands in front of the Japanese Consulate in Busan. [SONG BONG-GEUN]

Man slammed for placing sushi, Japanese beer on 'comfort woman' statue in Busan

A man has earned public opprobrium for placing sushi and Japanese beer on a statue in front of the Japanese consulate in Busan that memorializes the victims of sexual slavery by the imperial Japanese military during World War II.

2024.4.29

Liu Nianzhen, the oldest surviving victim of wartime sexual slavery living in mainland China, died Tuesday. [YONHAP]

107-year-old victim of Japanese wartime sexual slavery dies in China

Liu Nianzhen, the oldest surviving victim of wartime sexual slavery living in mainland China, died in Yueyang County, Hunan Province, according to a “comfort women” research center at Shanghai Normal University on Wednesday.

2024.2.28

Lee Yong-soo, a survivor of Japanese wartime sexual slavery, leaves Seoul High Court in southern Seoul in joy after the court on Thursday ordered the Japanese government to compensate the victims. [NEWS1]

Appellate court orders Japanese government to compensate wartime sexual slavery victims in Korea

An appellate court on Thursday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to the victims of wartime sexual slavery in Korea, overturning the lower court's ruling.

2023.11.23

Statues representing Korean victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery stand at a community center for the victims in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, on Wednesday. Each statue has been made posthumously for the victims. [NEWS1]

'Comfort women' survivors down to nine after death

Another former "comfort woman" in Korea died on Tuesday, bringing down the number of survivors of Japanese wartime sexual slavery to nine. “The news of another ‘comfort woman’ victim passing away is very heartbreaking,” said Kim Hyun-sook…

2023.5.3

[Column] Let the past pass

Yoon must draw a firm promise from Kishida that Koreans will not hear such insulting remarks in the aftermath.

2023.3.15

[Column] The game has just started

What remains uncertain is Tokyo’s stance on past issues.

2023.3.13

Lawyers representing a coalition of civic groups supporting Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese troops during World War II file complaints with the Jongno police on Wednesday in central Seoul. The coalition accused several far-right activists and YouTubers of obstructing their weekly rallies and insulting the ″comfort women″ victims. [YONHAP]

Civic groups backing 'comfort women' file complaints against rightists

A coalition of civic groups representing Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese troops during World War II accused several far-right activists and YouTubers of obstructing their weekly rallies and insulting the "comfort women" victims.

2022.3.16