Amy Goodman
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"A Travesty": Is Japan’s Apology to Korean “Comfort Women” an Attempt to Silence Them?
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January 7, 2016
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2:48Now PlayingLate last month, Japan and South Korea reached a deal aimed at addressing the demands of so-called comfort women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. The deal includes an apology from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a more than $8 million fund for survivors. Survivors have said the deal falls far short of their call for Japan to admit legal responsibility and pay formal reparations. The deal has been met by protests in Seoul.
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