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Seoul, May 13 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean supporters of former 'comfort women' gathered on Wednesday at the weekly rally against the Japanese government, near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. Some 200,000 Asian women, mostly Koreans, forcibly served as sex slaves, euphemistically called 'comfort women,' for the Japanese army during World War II.(Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE PROTEST IN SEOUL AGAINST THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AND IN SUPPORT OF 'COMFORT WOMEN'.
Foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan say they have reached an agreement to resolve a long-standing dispute over 'comfort women'. Rough Cut-subtitled (no reporter narration).
Protesters, including labour victim Yang Geum-deok, gather in front of the National Assembly in Seoul holding anti-government placards after South Korea announced plans to compensate victims of Japan's forced wartime labour. IMAGES
Seoul, Feb 16 (EFE/EPA).- Lee Yong-soo, an activist and victim of the Japanese military's sexual slavery during World War II, on Tuesday called for the South Korean government to bring the "comfort women" issue to the International Court of Justice.Some 200,000 girls and teenagers, most of them Korean, were forced to prostitute themselves to the Japanese Imperial troops stationed mainly in China and the Korean peninsula, from the 1930s to the end of World War II in 1945. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: LEE YONG-SOO, AN ACTIVIST AND VICTIM OF THE JAPANESE MILITARY'S SEXUAL SLAVERY DURING WORLD WAR II, SPEAKS DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE PRESS CENTER IN SEOUL , SOUTH KOREA.
A film about South Korean "comfort women" tops the box office in Seoul. Julie Noce reports.
A South Korean man set himself on fire during a rally of former comfort women protesting Japan's colonial rule of Korea. Sean Carberry reports.
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