South Koreans protest outside Japan embassy over ‘comfort women’ compensation
Japan issued a travel advisory, warning of Seoul demonstrations, where protests are planned on Thursday to mark South Korea's independence from Japan
14 August 2019 - 13:57
Seoul — Thousands of South Koreans protested outside Japan's embassy in Seoul on Wednesday and city officials unveiled a new memorial to wartime “comfort women” at the centre of a row over the two countries' shared history.
The day of remembrance for women forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels comes amid renewed tensions over political and economic disputes dating back to Japan's colonial occupation of the Korea peninsula from 1910-1945...
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