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Another Filipino 'comfort woman' dies

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 20 01:53 PM

Filipino 'comfort woman' Hilaria Bustamante has died, the group Lila Pilipina announced early Monday. Read more »

Hundreds flee after WWII naval mine found in Croatia bay

Agence France Presse
Posted at Mar 20 06:46 AM

Experts on Sunday destroyed a large World War II naval mine found by chance in a northern Croatian port, prompting hundreds of residents to be evacuated, officials said. Read more »

Reparation, support to Malaya Lolas urged

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 04:37 PM

The UN CEDAW asked the Philippine government to provide reparation, social support & recognition to Filipino comfort women, victims of military sexual abuse by the Japanese army during World War II. Read more »

PH urged to compensate, apologize to comfort women

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 10:13 AM

The Philippines must provide full reparation and issue an apology to Filipino victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. Read more »

Gov't to 'study, submit' reply on comfort women issue

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 09:53 AM

The government will 'study and submit a written response' to the UN panel that found the Philippines in violation of its obligation to Filipino comfort women. Read more »

Remulla: Legislation needed for reparation of comfort women

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 02:48 PM

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the government would work on legislation for the reparation of World War II comfort women. Read more »

UN: PH gov't bigo tulungan ang WWII comfort women

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 08:52 PM

Wagi ang grupo ng mga comfort women matapos paboran ng isang United Nations Committee, kung saan sinasabi na bigo ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas na tulungan ang biktima ng mga pang-aabuso noong World War II. Read more »

Group opposes PH-US-Japan defense pact

Rolex Dela Pena, EPA-EFE
Posted at Mar 04 05:37 PM

Narcisa Claveria (L) and Estelita Dy (R) during a rally calling on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to reject plans for Philippines-United States-Japan defense pact. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 31, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 11:54 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

World War 2 'comfort women' call for justice

Francis R. Malasig, EPA-EFE
Posted at Jan 31 08:21 PM

Narcisa Claveria and Estelita Dy, survivors of the Japanese military's sexual slavery during World War II during a rally in front of the Japanese embassy in Manila Read more »

In a first, German parliament spotlights Nazis' LGBTQ victims

Deborah Cole, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 27 03:21 PM

The German parliament will for the first time on Friday focus its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity. Read more »

Rare photos from WWII Jewish ghetto shown in Warsaw

Bernard Osser, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 08:29 AM

Never-before-seen photos of the Warsaw Ghetto -- from a roll of film shot by a Polish firefighter under the noses of the occupying Germans -- were unveiled to journalists Wednesday. Read more »

Court rejects aid claims for Nagasaki A-bomb survivors' children

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 12 12:40 PM

A Japanese court rejected Monday a damages suit filed by the children of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors seeking eligibility for financial support from the government. Read more »

Marcos tiniyak ang patuloy na suporta sa World War II veterans

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 07:41 PM

Siniguro ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa mga beterano ng World War II na makakaasa sila sa patuloy na suporta ng kaniyang administrasyon. Read more »

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 »

France remembers 'Malgre-nous'

Patrick Hertzog, AFP
Posted at Aug 25 11:21 PM

Visitors look at a Wall of Names, during the 80th anniversary of a Nazi decree ordering forced incorporation into the Wehrmacht in Obernai, France. Read more »

War-displaced Japanese in Philippines stand up to claim roots

Maricar Cinco, Kyodo News
Updated as of Aug 10 05:04 PM

Seventy-seven years on, war-displaced Filipino-Japanese descendants on an island province in the western Philippines continue to struggle to openly claim their roots. Read more »

Nagasaki mayor warns of 'crisis' on atom bomb anniversary

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 09 01:39 PM

Nuclear weapons present a "tangible and present crisis" after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the mayor of Nagasaki said Tuesday, the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing that destroyed the Japanese city. Read more »

Japan SDF member stabbed at WWII memorial ceremony in Solomon Islands

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 08 03:19 PM

A member of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force was stabbed Monday at a commemoration service marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara. Read more »