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Theater review: Comfortless catharsis in 'Nana Rosa'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Mar 13 01:13 PM

Now more than 25 years after her nationwide confession, the UP Playwrights Theater brings her story back to fore on stage in "Nana Rosa," written by Rody Vera and directed by Jose Estrella, before it gets swallowed up by time. Read more »

Why now is the perfect time to stage a play on comfort women

Totel V. De Jesus
Posted at Mar 11 05:11 PM

The gripping reminder on the sad fate of comfort women is retold in “Nana Rosa,” a new stage play by Rody Vera and directed by Jose Estrella, now on its final week at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater in UP Diliman. Read more »

S. Korea to close Japan-funded 'comfort women' foundation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 12:56 PM

South Korea on Wednesday announced the formal shutdown of a controversial Japanese-funded foundation created to help former wartime sex slaves  Read more »

Japan must do more for WWII 'comfort women': UN experts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 09:04 PM

Mainstream historians say up to 200,000 women, mostly from Korea but also from other parts of Asia including China and the Philippines, were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II. Read more »

S.Korea marks first 'comfort women' day, joined by protestors in Taiwan

Joyce Lee and Yimou Lee, Reuters
Posted at Aug 14 04:18 PM

The comfort women issue has been a regular cause for contention between Japan and neighbors including China and North and South Korea since the war. Read more »

WE REMEMBER: Comfort women, by the numbers

Research by Carmelle Lacuata; Infographic by Louie Magano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 06:11 AM

"Comfort women" were girls and women taken to "comfort stations" of the Japanese military during World War 2. Last month, the Philippines became the only country to tear down a statue dedicated to remembering the suffering of comfort women. Read more »

Gabriela seeks House probe on removal of 'comfort woman' statue

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 10:19 PM

Women's group Gabriela on Thursday sought a legislative inquiry into the removal of the statue depicting a comfort woman along Roxas Boulevard. Read more »

Eskultor ng 'comfort woman' statue, may panawagan sa gobyerno

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 07:38 PM

Tatlong buwan na pananaliksik at dalawang buwan ng paglililok ang ginugol ni Jonas Roces para sa bronze sculpture na layong ipakita ang pasakit ng tinaguriang "comfort women" noong panahon ng pananakop ng mga Hapon. Read more »

Sculptor cried over removal of 'comfort woman' statue

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 04:42 AM

And as the sun set on Manila Bay, the Filipino artist found himself crying. Read more »

'Comfort woman' statue may no longer be returned to Roxas Blvd.

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 05:34 PM

The "comfort woman" statue removed last month from Roxas Boulevard in Manila may no longer be erected back on its site, a local official said Wednesday.    Read more »

Gov't denies removing 'comfort woman' statue 'like a thief in the night'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 09 04:56 PM

A city official has belied claims that the government removed the "comfort woman" statue along Roxas Boulevard at night to hide it from public knowledge.  Read more »

Women against 'war of aggression'

Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 11:44 PM

Women activists protest against "war of aggression" outside Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City as the Philippines and the U.S. launch the Balikatan 2018 joint military exercises on Monday. The group also condemned the removal of the “comfort woman” statue along Roxas Boulevard. Read more »

Memorial honoring Filipino comfort women gone

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Apr 30 04:19 PM

This photo taken on April 28, 2018 shows a backhoe at the site where a memorial statue for World War II "comfort women", who were made sex slaves for Japanese troops during the conflict, once stood in Manila.  Read more »

Removal of statue an 'insult' to Filipino 'comfort women': analyst

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 05:13 PM

Taking down a statue depicting a 'comfort woman' along Roxas Boulevard is an insult to the Filipina sex slaves victimized under the Japanese occupation, a lawyer said Sunday.  Read more »

Let's not insult Japan: Duterte backs removal of 'comfort woman' statue

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 10:53 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday defended the removal of a "comfort woman" statue along Roxas Boulevard in Manila.  Read more »

Government removes ‘comfort woman’ statue in Manila

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 28 08:16 PM

The "comfort woman" statue along Roxas Boulevard was not removed by the City of Manila, an official said Saturday. Read more »

Japan rejects South Korea mention of wartime 'comfort women' at UN

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 27 06:56 AM

Japan formally complained on Monday after South Korea's foreign minister raised the issue of wartime "comfort women" at the top UN rights body, while warning that it should not be allowed to harm bilateral relations at a critical time in east Asia.  Read more »

Duterte says 'comfort woman' statue a 'constitutional right'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 01:03 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said the "comfort woman" statue along Roxas Boulevard is a symbol of freedom of expression, which relatives of comfort women and living comfort women are entitled to use.  Read more »

Government forms panel to look into new ‘comfort women’ statue

Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 07:59 PM

A spokeswoman from Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was "extremely regrettable" that comfort women statues had been erected. Read more »

Manila's 'comfort women' statue

Romeo Ranoco, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 06:30 PM

A vendor pushes a cart past a memorial statue that commemorates the Filipino "comfort women" who worked in Japanese military brothels during World War II, erected along a main street of Roxas Boulevard in this photo taken Friday. Read more »