Taiwan opens museum to pay tribute to "comfort women"

Taiwan opens museum to pay tribute to "comfort women"

A tape-cutting ceremony is held in Taipei on Dec. 10, 2016, to mark the opening of Taiwan's first museum dedicated to Taiwanese "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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