To the Point
Controversial Comfort Women Settlement between Korea and Japan
After seventy years, there is finally an apology and a settlement for the women forced to work in brothels for the Japanese Imperial Army during WW II.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 7m ListenAfter seventy years, there is finally an apology and a settlement for the women forced to work in brothels for the Japanese Imperial Army during WW II.
After decades of tension, Japan and South Korea have finally agreed on a landmark settlement concerning one of the darker chapters of World War II, the so called Comfort Women, Korean women who were forced to serve as a sex slaves for the Japanese Imperial Army. As part of the settlement Japan formally apologized to South Korea for the use of the Comfort women and agreed to pay more than $8 million in compensation. Victor Cha is the director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University, and former Asia Director on the National Security Council between 2004 and 2007.
Barbara Bogaev
radio journalist
Jenny Hamel
KCRW
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Paul von Zielbauer
Producer, 'To the Point'
Victor Cha
professor at Georgetown University, president of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, and Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies