Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, appeared on BBC World News on December 27, 2017 to discuss the recent finding of South Korea's Foreign Ministry that a 2015 deal with Japan to compensate forced World War II sex slaves failed to meet the needs of the victims. https://youtu.be/rapmaxpCUl4 … [Read more...]
Study of the WEAI author Celeste Arrington Publishes Op-Ed on Comfort Women in the Washington Post
Celeste Arrington, author of the forthcoming Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Accidental Activists: Victim Movements and Government Accountability in Japan and South Korea (Cornell University Press, 2016), wrote an op-ed in the January 13, 2016 Washington Post about the agreement between Japan and South Korea surrounding redress over the "comfort women" issue. … [Read more...]
Photos from Yesterday’s CKR Event “Comfort Women Wanted”
Here are some great pics from the video screening and event yesterday sponsored by the Columbia University Center for Korean Research (CKR) of "Comfort Women Wanted." … [Read more...]
