Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times
Published: 10 Jan 2021 03:29 PM BdST
Updated: 10 Jan 2021 03:29 PM BdST A police officer stands guard near Japan and South Korean national flags at a hotel. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)
A South Korean court 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. );
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“The court recognizes that the accused committed illegal acts and that the plaintiffs suffered extreme psychological and physical pain hard to imagine,” Judge Kim Jeong-gon said in his decision.