MANILA, March 10, 2023 (AFP): Lawyers representing Philippine women forced to work as sex slaves by Japan during World War II urged Manila Friday to pay them compensation, after a United Nations' committee called on the government to provide them with "reparations".
During World War II, up to 200,000 women -- mostly from Korea but also other parts of Asia including the Philippines -- were forced to work in Japanese military brothels, according to historians.
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