South Korea likely to confirm ex-comfort women's win next week

A South Korean court, which has ruled that the Japanese government has to compensate former South Korean "comfort women," said Monday that it will confirm the plaintiffs' win unless Japan appeals within two weeks.Last Friday, the Seoul District Court ordered Japan to give each of the plaintiffs 100 million won ($90,958) for forcing them to work at Japanese military brothels during wartime, in the first of such rulings made against the country.As Japan has refused to be involved in any legal procedure throughout, on the grounds that the state is immune from the jurisdiction of a foreign cour…READ FULL ARTICLE