UJI, Kyoto Prefecture A peace memorial hall opened in this district that is synonymous with the hardships faced by wartime Korean laborers who were stuck in Japan after World War II and decided to settle here, creating a Korean community that exists to this day.
South Korean Court Orders Japan to Pay Compensation for Wartime Sexual Slavery
The ruling, which the Japanese government rejected, is likely to aggravate already chilly relations between the two key allies of the United States.
Demonstrators at a rally outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul in June gathered around a statue symbolizing a woman forced into wartime sexual slavery.Credit.Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA, via Shutterstock
Published Jan. 7, 2021Updated Feb. 26, 2021
SEOUL, South Korea A South Korean court on Friday ordered the Japanese government to pay $91,800 each to 12 Korean women forced into sexual slavery for Japan’s troops during World War II. The ruling, the first of its kind in South Korea, is likely to aggravate the already chilly relations between Washington’s two key allies in Asia.