Japan protests against bid to recognise Korean women forced into brothels
Japanese troops forced thousands of women to work in brothels during World War II.
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Japanese troops forced thousands of women to work in brothels during World War II.
Around 200,000 women were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during WWII.
The Korean women were forced into military-run brothels.
There’s continued tension between Japan and South Korea over the ‘comfort women’.