Japan is formally apologizing and admitting the state was responsible for the system of comfort stations or brothels for soldiers in which mostly teenage girls were expected to service 60 to 70 men a day. That is from a U.N. report. — Elise Hu Copy Share Image
Japan admitted the Imperial Army ordered the building of these brothels and the trafficking of the women. And now that it's been 70 years, there are only 46 remaining comfort women still alive in South Korea. So also in this… — Elise Hu Copy Share Image
The first comfort women didn't actually come forward until 1992, and since then, the issue has really been kicked up. Japan issued a 1993… — Elise Hu Copy Share
In South Korea, there's a lot of folks who are already saying this deal doesn't go far enough. And I had one source say… — Elise Hu Copy Share
U.S. has certainly been wanting this to happen since both Japan and Korea are longtime allies of the U.S. and this estranged relationship has… — Elise Hu Copy Share
Technically, Japan and South Korea normalized their diplomatic ties 50 years ago, but this wasn't included in the Normalization Treaty because forced prostitution, coerced… — Elise Hu Copy Share
Japan is formally apologizing and admitting the state was responsible for the system of comfort stations or brothels for soldiers in which mostly teenage… — Elise Hu Copy Share
Japan admitted the Imperial Army ordered the building of these brothels and the trafficking of the women. And now that it's been 70 years,… — Elise Hu Copy Share
And that said, this [issues of comfort women] is important for reopening a conversation in both Japan and in Korea and on their respective… — Elise Hu Copy Share
South Korea are pushing for a stronger way to isolate and punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test. — Elise Hu Copy Share
North Korea has certainly, in the past, used detainees to initiate diplomatic exchanges with the United States. — Elise Hu Copy Share
