Known as the “Camptown women”, they claim they were subjected to human rights abuses, forced into regular STD testing, held in isolation, and sometimes subjected to violent treatment at these ...

Under rules that the U.S. military and South Korean officials worked out, comfort women had to be tested twice a week, according to the women and unsealed documents. The U.S. military conducted random ...

Dozens of women who worked in the sex trade in South Korea are seeking an apology and compensation for the rights abuses they suffered while catering to American G.I.s. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from ...