South Korea court orders Japan to compensate former comfort women
A South Korean court ordered the Japanese government on Friday to pay damages to a group of former comfort women over their treatment in Japanese military brothels during World War II, marking the first such court ruling in South Korea.
The ruling is certain to further fray bilateral ties already strained over wartime labor compensation and other issues. The Japanese Foreign Ministry immediately summoned the South Korean ambassador and protested the decision as utterly unacceptable.
Photo taken Jan 8, 2021, shows the building in which the Seoul Central District Court is located. (Kyodo)