High court nixes Japan's compensating S. Korean sex slaves

High court nixes Japan's compensating S. Korean sex slaves

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters protest a Hiroshima High Court decision March 29 that overturned a lower court ruling ordering the Japanese government in 1998 to compensate South Korean women forced to provide sex to Imperial Japanese Army soldiers during World War II.

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