[%%IMAGE1%%]<p>Launched on Jan. 8, 1992, the Wednesday Demonstrations began as a weekly protest against the Japanese government’s refusal to apologize for the sexual enslavement of comfort women during its colonial occupation of Korea. Excepting two days when the demonstrations were cancelled out of respect for the victims of the Kobe earthquake of 1995 and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, demonstrators have gathered on behalf of the comfort women on every Wednesday s</p><p>ince. The photos show the 1,421th Wednesday Demonstration, held in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 8. (Lee Jeong-a, staff photographer)</p>[%%IMAGE2%%]

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[Photo] Wednesday Demonstrations reach 28-year anniversary

As Japan upgrades its alliance with the US, it’s more important than ever that South Korea seek balance in its diplomacy

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[Editorial] As it bolsters its alliance with US, Japan must be accountable for past

An amendment to the Constitution that would allow for two four-year terms for the president rather than a single five-year one could be the key to Yoon leaving the stage to applause rather than boos

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South Korea’s former ambassador to Russia weighs in on the recent deterioration of the two countries’ ties

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After 2 months of delayed, denied medical care, Koreans worry worst may be yet to come

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US overtakes China as Korea’s top export market, prompting trade sanction jitters

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Hong Se-hwa, voice for tolerance whose memoir of exile touched a chord, dies at 76

[Photo] Smile ambassador, you’re on camera

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