South Korea: Fire Breaks Out at Seoul Convention Center, Prompting Evacuation

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S. Korea to keep pushing for "comfort women" UNESCO listing

S. Korea to keep pushing for "comfort women" UNESCO listing

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 17 Kyodo - South Korean gender equality and family minister Chung Hyun Back (R) and Lee Yong Soo, who was forced to work as a "comfort woman" in wartime Japanese military brothels, attend a meeting in Seoul on Nov. 17, 2017, to promote documents related to such women to be nominated on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

Memorial hall for "comfort women" opens in South Korea

Memorial hall for "comfort women" opens in South Korea

Chung Hyun Back (3rd from R), South Korean minister of gender equality and family, attends the opening ceremony in Gwangju on the outskirts of Seoul on Nov. 18, 2017 of a memorial and exhibition hall for "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's World War II military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea to keep pushing for "comfort women" UNESCO listing

S. Korea to keep pushing for "comfort women" UNESCO listing

South Korea's gender equality and family minister Chung Hyun Back speaks during a meeting in Seoul on Nov. 17, 2017, to promote documents related to "comfort women," who were forced to work in Japan's World War II military brothels, to be nominated on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea mulls creation of "comfort women" museum in Seoul

S. Korea mulls creation of "comfort women" museum in Seoul

South Korea's new gender quality and family minister Chung Hyun Back (L) visits the "House of Sharing," a group home for former "comfort women" in Gwangju, on the outskirts of Seoul, on July 10, 2017. Chung, who took office July 7, announced a plan to create a museum in Seoul in commemoration of the Korean women who were forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea mulls creation of "comfort women" museum in Seoul

S. Korea mulls creation of "comfort women" museum in Seoul

South Korea's new gender quality and family minister Chung Hyun Back visits the "House of Sharing," a group home for former "comfort women" in Gwangju, on the outskirts of Seoul on July 10, 2017. Chung, who took office July 7, announced a plan to create a museum in Seoul in commemoration of the Korean women forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korea mulls creation of "comfort women" museum in Seoul

S. Korea mulls creation of "comfort women" museum in Seoul

South Korea's new gender quality and family minister Chung Hyun Back (R) visits the "House of Sharing," a group home for former "comfort women" in Gwangju, on the outskirts of Seoul, on July 10, 2017. Chung, who took office July 7, announced a plan to create a museum in Seoul in commemoration of the Korean women forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo