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S. Korean ex-comfort woman arrives in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kil Won Ok (L), an 84-year-old South Korean woman forced into wartime sex slavery by Japan, arrives at Hiroshima airport on May 17, 2013. Kil is planning to meet with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, along with another elderly South Korean woman who worked as a "comfort woman," the Japanese euphemism for such women, following controversy over the mayor's series of remarks defending Japan's wartime military brothels.

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S. Korean ex-comfort woman arrives in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kil Won Ok, an 84-year-old South Korean woman forced into wartime sex slavery by Japan, arrives at Hiroshima airport on May 17, 2013. Kil is planning to meet with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, along with another elderly South Korean woman who worked as a "comfort woman," the Japanese euphemism for such women, following controversy over the mayor's series of remarks defending Japan's wartime military brothels.

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S. Korean foreign minister meets ex-'comfort women'

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) meets with two women who were forced into wartime sex slavery for the now-defunct Japanese military during World War II at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2012. The meeting was the first between a South Korean foreign minister and such women, euphemistically called ''comfort women'' in Japan.

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Calls for official relief of ex-comfort women

TOKYO, Japan - Former wartime sex slaves urge the Japanese government to resolve the ''comfort women'' issue at a rally at a Diet members' building in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2010. A petition, signed by more than 610,000 people from Japan, South Korea and other countries, calling for a drastic solution of the issue was submitted to the government the same day.

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Ex-comfort women in S. Korea call for Japan to compensate

SEOUL, South Korea - Former wartime ''comfort women'' and their supporters in South Korea stage a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, to request an official apology and compensation from the Japanese government on Aug. 11, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan issued an apology the day before to South Korea over Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ex-'comfort women' recite wartime plight

WASHINGTON, United States - Jan Ruff-O'Hearne, who was taken captive by the Japanese in Java, Indonesia, at the age of 19 and was forced to provide sex for the Japanese military during World War II, testified on the wartime plight before a subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on Feb. 15.

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Ex-'comfort women' recite wartime plight

WASHINGTON, United States - Three women, two South Koreans and an Australian, who were forced to provide sex for the Japanese military during World War II, testified before a subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on Feb. 15 over a resolution urging Japan to ''formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner'' for the acts.

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Ex-comfort women still suffering effects of WWII treatment

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean women who served as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II and their supporters appeal their protest at their weekly rally outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on April 21. They still suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other serious conditions, a Yonsei University institute said in a report earlier in the day.

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Ex-comfort women still suffering effects of WWII treatment

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean women who served as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II and their supporters appeal their protest at their weekly rally outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on April 21. They still suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other serious conditions, a Yonsei University institute said in a report earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-comfort women seek donation to quake-hit areas in Japan

Two former "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels seek donations to assist earthquake-hit southwestern Japan on April 20, 2016 during a weekly rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. chief has 1st meeting with ex-"comfort woman"

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) holds talks with Gil Won Ok, one of the surviving victims, known as "comfort women," of Japan's wartime military-run brothels at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 11, 2016. Ban met with a former comfort woman for the first time since he assumed the U.N. post in 2007, according to a spokesperson for the secretary general. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. chief has 1st meeting with ex-"comfort woman"

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R) shakes hands with Gil Won Ok, one of the surviving South Korean victims, known as "comfort women," of Japan's wartime military-run brothels at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 11, 2016. Ban met with a former comfort woman for the first time since he assumed the U.N. post in 2007, according to a spokesperson for the secretary general. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-comfort woman condemns bilateral pact

Lee Yong Su, a South Korean former "comfort woman," attends a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on March 8, 2016. Lee condemned a Japan-South Korea pact on the issue of women procured for Japan's wartime military brothels, as it did not meet demands from victims for Tokyo to offer an official apology and accept responsibility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea scholar ordered to compensate 9 ex-"comfort women"

Women who worked at Japanese wartime brothels speak to reporters on Jan. 13, 2016, after a Seoul district court ordered South Korean professor Park Yu Ha to compensate nine of the so-called "comfort women" by giving them 10 million won (about $8,300) each for the mental distress they suffered because of her controversial book. Park's book has drawn a storm of criticism for taking Japan's side on the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea scholar ordered to compensate 9 ex-"comfort women"

Women who worked at Japanese wartime brothels leave the Seoul Eastern District Court on Jan. 13, 2016, after the court ordered South Korean professor Park Yu Ha to compensate nine of the so-called "comfort women" by giving them 10 million won (about $8,300) each for the mental distress they suffered because of her controversial book. Park's book has drawn a storm of criticism for taking Japan's side on the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-comfort woman listens to Abe' speech at U.S. Congress

Lee Yong Soo of South Korea, an 86-year-old former "comfort woman," a euphemism for women forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels, visits the U.S. Congress in Washington to listen to a speech by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a joint session on April 29, 2015. Abe said he will stick to statements by his predecessors expressing "deep remorse" over Japan's wartime behavior, although he did not offer a straightforward apology for its wartime aggression. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-comfort woman attends press conference in U.S.

Former South Korean comfort woman Lee Yong Soo (C) attends a press conference at the U.S. Congress on April 23, 2015, prior to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's address at a joint meeting there on April 29. Lee, 86, said she expects Abe to address the issue of comfort women, or women forced into brothels for Japanese soldiers during World War II, so later generations in Japan and South Korea can get along better with each other. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-comfort woman visits U.S. Congress

Former South Korean comfort woman Lee Yong Su meets with reporters at the U.S. Congress on April 21, 2015, prior to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's address at a joint meeting there on April 29. Lee, 86, indicated she expects Abe to apologize for the issue of comfort women. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean court dismisses ex-comfort women's suit against Japan

Lee Yong Soo, one of 15 surviving "comfort women" acknowledged by the South Korean government who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, meets the press in Seoul on April 21, 2021, after the Seoul Central District Court dismissed the same day a damages lawsuit brought by a group of former comfort women against the Japanese government over their treatment during World War II.

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S. Korean court dismisses ex-comfort women's suit against Japan

Lee Yong Soo, one of 15 surviving "comfort women" acknowledged by the South Korean government who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, meets the press in Seoul on April 21, 2021, after the Seoul Central District Court dismissed the same day a damages lawsuit brought by a group of former comfort women against the Japanese government over their treatment during World War II.

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S. Korean court dismisses ex-comfort women's suit against Japan

Lee Yong Soo (C), one of 15 surviving "comfort women" acknowledged by the South Korean government who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, meets the press in Seoul on April 21, 2021, after the Seoul Central District Court dismissed the same day a damages lawsuit brought by a group of former comfort women against the Japanese government over their treatment during World War II.

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S. Korean court dismisses ex-comfort women's suit against Japan

A statue symbolizing "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels is pictured on April 21, 2021, in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul. A South Korean court dismissed the same day a damages lawsuit brought by a group of former "comfort women" against the Japanese government over their treatment during World War II.

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S. Korean court dismisses ex-comfort women's suit against Japan

Photo taken on April 21, 2021, shows a building housing the Seoul Central District Court. The court dismissed the same day a damages lawsuit brought by a group of former "comfort women" against the Japanese government over their treatment at Japanese military brothels during World War II.

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Ex-'comfort women' recite wartime plight

WASHINGTON, United States - Three women, two South Koreans and an Australian, who were forced to provide sex for the Japanese military during World War II, testified before a subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on Feb. 15 over a resolution urging Japan to ''formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner'' for the acts. (Kyodo)

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Ex-'comfort women' recite wartime plight

WASHINGTON, United States - Jan Ruff-O'Hearne, who was taken captive by the Japanese in Java, Indonesia, at the age of 19 and was forced to provide sex for the Japanese military during World War II, testified on the wartime plight before a subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on Feb. 15. (Kyodo)

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Ex-comfort women in S. Korea call for Japan to compensate

SEOUL, South Korea - Former wartime ''comfort women'' and their supporters in South Korea stage a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, to request an official apology and compensation from the Japanese government on Aug. 11, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan issued an apology the day before to South Korea over Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo)

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Civic group seeks apology, compensation for ex-comfort women

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Protestors demand outside Japan's de facto embassy in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 14, 2014, that the Japanese government apologize and compensate former "comfort women" forced into wartime sexual servitude. Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation organized the protest to mark International Comfort Women Memorial Day. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean foreign minister meets ex-'comfort women'

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) meets with two women who were forced into wartime sex slavery for the now-defunct Japanese military during World War II at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2012. The meeting was the first between a South Korean foreign minister and such women, euphemistically called ''comfort women'' in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Calls for official relief of ex-comfort women

TOKYO, Japan - Former wartime sex slaves urge the Japanese government to resolve the ''comfort women'' issue at a rally at a Diet members' building in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2010. A petition, signed by more than 610,000 people from Japan, South Korea and other countries, calling for a drastic solution of the issue was submitted to the government the same day. (Kyodo)

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Ex-comfort women demand abolition of bilateral deal

Two wheelchair-bound former South Korean "comfort women," forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military, and their supporters submit around 2.06 million signatures to the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2017, demanding the abolition of the 2015 bilateral deal to solve the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean ruling party leader meets with ex-comfort woman

Choo Mi Ae (L), leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, receives from a former comfort woman a miniature statue symbolizing women who were forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military on June 14, 2017, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean ruling party leader meets with ex-comfort woman

Choo Mi Ae (L), leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, receives from a former comfort woman a miniature statue symbolizing women who were forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military on June 14, 2017, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gathering in Seoul to support ex-comfort women

Supporters of former "comfort women" gather in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on May 17, 2017, as they have done every Wednesday, calling for nullification of the bilateral deal over the comfort women issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service for ex-comfort woman held in Seoul

People attend a memorial service on Dec. 7, 2016, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul for Pak Suk I, a former comfort woman who died the previous day at age 93. Her death has brought the number of surviving former comfort women to 39. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service for ex-comfort woman held in Seoul

People attend a memorial service on Dec. 7, 2016, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul for Pak Suk I, a former comfort woman who died the previous day at age 93. Her death has brought the number of surviving former comfort women to 39. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo