S. Korea court orders Japan to compensate former "comfort women"

Lee Na Young (C), head of the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, speaks to reporters in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2021, after the Seoul Central District Court ordered the Japanese government to pay damages to a group of former "comfort women" over their treatment in Japanese military brothels during World War II.

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