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Busts of victims of sexual slavery under Japanese colonial rule are seen lined up in front of a memorial center in Gwangju, Gyeonggi on Aug. 21. [YONHAP]

Korea renews call for Japan to squarely acknowledge wartime sexual slavery

Korea has renewed its call for Japan to squarely acknowledge its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II in a letter to the U.N. human rights body, the document showed Tuesday.

2025.9.16

Soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army perform in an evening gala to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World II, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 3. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Trump says China should have mentioned U.S. during 'beautiful ceremony'

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China's "beautiful ceremony" marking the end of World War II should have highlighted the role that the United States played in Japan's defeat.

2025.9.4

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stands after giving a speech during the National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead in Tokyo on Aug. 15, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. [EPA/YONHAP]

Japanese Prime Minister expresses 'regret' during World War II memorial, first in 13 years

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba referenced “regret” in his memorial address on Friday, the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, marking the first such mention in 13 years in an address by the head of the former imperial nation.

2025.8.15

Kim Chul-soo, an 87-year-old Korean survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, looks through his family records during an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily in Hapcheon, South Gyeongsang, on Aug. 12. [MICHAEL LEE]

'No one wants to take responsibility': 80 years on, Korean atomic bomb survivors call for apology, redress

Eighty years after the Hiroshima bombing, Korean survivors remain largely unacknowledged, suffering from discrimination and health issues. Recent government pledges offer little support, while their fight against nuclear weapons continues.

2025.8.15

People clad in outdated military uniforms walk towards the main hall of the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's fallen soldiers, in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2024, as the country marked the 79th anniversary of its defeat in the World War II. [AP/YONHAP]

Japan and China commemorate World War II anniversary on different dates

Japan and China commemorate World War II anniversaries on different dates, reflecting their unique historic perspectives and ongoing tensions rooted in wartime experiences and territorial disputes.

2025.8.14

Screen captured image of the KBS report that includes Voice of America's radio broadcast on Aug. 15, 1945. It aired message that Japanese Emperor Hirohito would broadcast an imperial rescript shortly.[SCREEN CAPTURE]

Voice of America radio broadcast first to announce Japan's 1945 surrender, historians find

Historians have found that a broadcast from U.S.-based Voice of America (VOA) was the first to inform the Korean public of Japan’s surrender to the Allies at the end of World War II, according to People Power Party Rep. Bae Hyun-jin on Wednesday.

2024.9.19

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region of the Russian Far East on Sept. 13, 2023. [AP/YONHAP]

North's Kim congratulates Putin on 79th WWII anniversary

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin to congratulate Moscow on the 79th anniversary of its victory in World War II, Pyongyang’s state-controlled media reported on Thursday.

2024.5.9

The Peace Monument, symbolizing the women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, stands in front of the Japanese Consulate in Busan. [SONG BONG-GEUN]

Man slammed for placing sushi, Japanese beer on 'comfort woman' statue in Busan

A man has earned public opprobrium for placing sushi and Japanese beer on a statue in front of the Japanese consulate in Busan that memorializes the victims of sexual slavery by the imperial Japanese military during World War II.

2024.4.29

Main poster for ″Twenty Two″ [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Documentary on 'Comfort Women' screened in Japan

A documentary film on the lives of victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery got its first screening in Japan on Sept. 18, the South China Morning Post reported. Titled “Twenty Two,” an allusion to the number of former so-called “comfort women” ...

2023.9.25

Japan must go beyond victimhood

Korea and Japan must prepare a reconciliatory process by the time the two leaders celebrate the 60th year of the normalization of relations in 2025.

2023.5.22