China’s Yang Jingru, left, and other athletes are reflected on the ice during the women’s 1500m finals A at the Short Track Speed Skating during the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China on Saturday ...

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these women were called "comfort women" and were raped repeatedly in brothels near the front lines. With only a handful of survivors still alive in China, our correspondents met one of them ...

North Koreans are privately questioning why Ukraine has suddenly become their enemy, sources told Radio Free Asia.