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# comfort women

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Japan protests against bid to recognise Korean women forced into brothels

Japanese troops forced thousands of women to work in brothels during World War II.

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Jul 16th 2017, 5:00 PM

Chinese 'comfort women' are fighting to have their history of sex slavery remembered

Around 200,000 women were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during WWII.

17.5k

Mar 12th 2017, 11:30 AM

Japan apologises to women forced to be sex slaves for WWII soldiers

The Korean women were forced into military-run brothels.

16.3k

Dec 28th 2015, 2:30 PM

World War II sex slaves and their fight for justice

There’s continued tension between Japan and South Korea over the ‘comfort women’.

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Dec 27th 2015, 3:38 PM