Koreans protest Japanese history textbook

Koreans protest Japanese history textbook

SEOUL, South Korea - Four South Korean women, who say they were forced to provide sex to Imperial Japanese Army soldiers, join high school students in a rally staged outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on April 18 in protest of the Tokyo government's recent approval of a controversial history textbook.

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