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Harvard Professor’s ‘Comfort Women’ Claims Stir Wake-up Call

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021Youmi Kim and Mike IvesComments Off on Harvard Professor’s ‘Comfort Women’ Claims Stir Wake-up Call
The professor was widely criticized for writing that the women served Japanese troops willingly during World War II. A Korean survivor called the uproar a “blessing in disguise.”
Tagged History (Academic Subject), Human Trafficking, Japan, South Korea, World War II (1939-45)
Youmi Kim and Mike Ives
https://www.nytimes.com/section/world

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