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Comfort women remember the day they told their stories

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 02:30 PM

On the eve of the 30th year since the first batch of the women came out to tell their stories, comfort women honor the victims of sexual slavery during World War II. Read more »

Ex-beauty queen, activist Nelia Sancho passes away

Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 12:09 PM

Nelia Sancho, a former beauty queen who later became an activist fighting for women's rights, has passed away. Read more »

Filipino 'comfort women' hope next President can fight for them

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 07:17 AM

The remaining Filipino victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery, or the so-called "comfort women", are hoping the next set of officials who will be elected can finally fight for their cause. Read more »

‘Comfort woman’ leading her group’s quest for justice dies

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 03:52 PM

A Filipino elderly woman who claimed she was among those sexually abused during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines died on Tuesday, the same day her ordeal started 77 years ago when the foreign troops raided their community in Pampanga. Read more »

Filipino’s book tackles trauma of “comfort women” during WWII

Bev Llorente | TFC News USA
Posted at Oct 23 11:04 PM

"Imelda’s Secret" aims to shed light on the experiences of the so-called comfort women during World War II. Read more »

S. Korea's few surviving 'comfort women' face life's end as political fight rages on

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Jul 03 12:33 PM

Fighting disease, death and disillusionment, members of South Korea’s rapidly dwindling sisterhood of surviving "comfort women" say they are facing the twilight of their lives with diminished camaraderie and will to wage political battles.   Read more »

Mga lolang dating naging 'comfort women', pinarangalan ng 'Iba 'Yan'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 08:05 PM

Pinarangalan ng "Iba 'Yan" ang mga lolang naging biktima ng pang-aabuso at pagmamalupit ng mga sundalong Hapon noong panahon ng Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig. Read more »

S. Korean former 'comfort woman' asks gov't to bring issue to International Court of Justice

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 16 05:51 PM

A South Korean woman who was forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels made an appeal to her government on Tuesday, urging it to bring the issue to the International Court of Justice so that the two countries could reach a "complete settlement" and improve ties. Read more »

S. Korea seeks 'amicable solution' to comfort women issue with Japan

Kyodo News
Updated as of Jan 24 10:56 AM

South Korea on Saturday reacted to a court order for Japan to compensate former "comfort women" over their treatment in Japanese military brothels by vowing to seek an "amicable solution" and "make every effort to continue constructive and future-oriented cooperation" with its neighbor. Read more »

Japan mulls 'various options' against S. Korea comfort women ruling

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 13 05:55 PM

TOKYO - Japan is contemplating "various options" and will act resolutely in response to a recent South Korean court ruling ordering the Japanese government to pay damages to former "comfort women," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday. Read more »

South Korean court orders Japan to compensate former sex slaves: Yonhap

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 10:40 AM

A South Korean court on Friday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to 12 World War II sex slaves or their families, in an unprecedented ruling likely to infuriate Tokyo. Read more »

Makabayan bloc rejects push to sell war reparation assets in Japan, cites symbolic value

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 04:04 PM

The Philippine government's war reparation assets in Japan should not be sold as they hold "symbolic value" to the country, especially to war veterans who fought during the Japanese occupation, according to lawmakers of the Makabayan bloc Tuesday, as they made their case against attempts to dispose of the properties. Read more »

Japan regrets new Korean "comfort women" statue set up in Berlin

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 29 05:35 PM

Japan regrets the recent installation in Berlin of a statue of a girl symbolizing Korean women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, its top government spokesman said Tuesday. Read more »

Statues of girl, kneeling man stir debate in S. Korea

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 27 07:50 PM

A statue of a girl symbolizing "comfort women," newly installed in South Korea, is stirring debate on the country's social media because of a statue of a man bowing on his knees in front of it, which many say resembles Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Read more »

Taiwan to shut down 1st "comfort women" museum amid COVID-19

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 06 09:21 PM

TAIPEI - Financial hardship is forcing Taiwan's first museum dedicated to Taiwanese "comfort women" forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels to shut down in November, the museum's owner said Monday. Read more »

S. Korea civic group vows to continue "comfort women" protest rallies

Kyodo News
Posted at May 11 04:55 PM

A South Korean advocacy group that supports "comfort women" forced to work in the Japanese military's wartime brothels, said during a press conference Monday that it will continue weekly protest rallies until the issue is finally settled with Japan. Read more »

Why Bibeth Orteza wanted to play comfort woman Rosa Henson in Dulaang UP's 'Nana Rosa'

Leah C. Salterio
Updated as of Feb 27 12:03 PM

“Nana Rosa” was originally written as a screenplay by Rody Vera, who adapted it into a play by Dulaang UP.  Read more »