Seoul court orders Japan to compensate 'comfort women'
Lee Yong-soo, on a wheelchair, one of the nine registered surviving South Korean victims of sexual slavery by Japan during World War II, reacts after the Seoul High Court overturned a lower court's rejection of a damages suit filed by victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery and ordered Japan to pay 200 million won (US$153,863) in compensation to each of the 16 victims on Nov. 23, 2023. (Yonhap)
(END)
(C) Yonhap News Agency. All Rights Reserved
