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Comfort women statues reminders of Japanese wartime atrocities

SEOUL, South Korea – The gaze of the “Statue of Peace” is a reminder that the comfort women’s shameful and negative memories should not...

Three decades of Filipina comfort women’s fight for justice

A MASS and flowers were offered on Saturday at the Redemptorist Church grounds in Baclaran, Parañaque to mark the 30th anniversary of the Filipina comfort women’s fight for...

Saga of WWII women victims of sexual slavery and violence

LOLA Isabelita Viduya died on Nov. 23, 2021 at age of 89 due to pneumonia, the same day the unfortunate event called “Mapanique Siege” happened in 1944. Lola Isabelita is...

Remembering veteran journalist Melo Acuna and the comfort women

THE RECENT death of veteran journalist Melo Acuna coincided with the anniversary of the disappearance of the â€œLola” comfort woman statue two years ago, an...