Win for ‘comfort women’

Seoul: A South Korean court yesterday ordered Japan to compensate 12 women who were forced to work in wartime Japanese brothels.

Reminders of Japan’s 191045 colonial rule are contentious for both sides, with many survivors of ‘‘comfort women’’ — a Japanese euphemism for the sexual abuse victims — demanding Tokyo’s formal apology and compensation.

The Seoul Central District Court ordered Japan pay each of the women 100 million won ($NZ126,400). — Reuters