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| | PINR - Comfort Women Debate Uncovers Japanese and Korean Nationalism |
 | | Korean women, maintaining that they were coerced (an accusation backed by the broad consensus of historians), demand a full apology, inclusion of the facts surrounding sexual slavery in Japanese textbooks, better compensation, and a new law to pay reparations directly. |
 | | Koreans have countered that, aside from a court ruling, Japan has not apologized for the critical point: that the prostitution was coerced by the government itself, not by a private party such as an independent contractor. |
 | | The South Korean president, Kim Dae-jung, himself said in 1998 that the issue of comfort women was closed, referring to a 1965 treaty that normalized South Korea's relationship with Japan. |
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