"Lee's revelation will be a critical turning point. People have at least started getting informed about the complexity of issues related to comfort women activists, and the sanctity of those activists is being undermined by the expose of victims themselves," said Wondong Lee, a Ph.D. student in political science at the University of California, Irvine.

For the full story, please visit https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Comfort-women-scandal-shakes-South-Korean-politics-and-society2.

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