[Special Report] As each state endeavors to realize its values, conflicts inevitably surface in the absence of empathy. The repercussion of such calamitous failure to sympathize with others epitomizes the case of "sexual slavery," a peculiar institution Japan systemized during World War II and has denied since. Japan defends its acts of aggression and the collateral damage in the Pacific areas at the time, referring to its domestic laws and treaties signed with other concerned parties in the regions. However, the governing laws that bind the international community and its constituents precede such legal measures as symbolically recognized in the infamous Nuremberg trial. Hence, Japan may never mount an unconditional immunity from the very legalities for the "crimes against humanity." Meanwhile, Korea must crystallize the delicate line between compassion and consideration to deliver an effective response to the Japan's unrelenting disavowal.

Choi Zaha
(Soph., Dept. of Law)