'These survivors were victims of systematic sexual violence ... but the two countries reached an unacceptable settlement without asking the victims' opinions.' Via Reuters
SEOUL, Nov 13 - A South Korean woman who had been forced to work in a Japanese wartime military brothel said Japan lacked honour for failing to attend a South Korean court on Wednesday as it began hearing a civil case brought against its government by a group of victims.
Reminders of Japan's 1910-45 colonisation of the Korean peninsula are inflammatory for both sides. But, the issue of"comfort women" - Japan's euphemism for Asian women, many of whom were Korean, forced to work in its wartime brothels, is especially contentious. Tokyo had refused to hear the women's case against its government, maintaining that the matter of compensation for the women was settled under the 1965 treaty that normalised relations.
"This is the first-ever trial for the surviving victims, and could be the last one given their ages," Lee Sang-hee, a lawyer for the women, told the trial. "In terms of international law, the Japanese government is not subject to South Korean jurisdiction because of the principle of sovereign immunity," Suga told a regular briefing on Wednesday before the trial.
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