Скачать или смотреть The Newsmakers: Japan's uncomfortable history

It's a World War Two wound that won't seem to heal. The Japanese army's sexual slavery of so-called Korean 'comfort women' has long been a source of contention between the two Asian neighbours. It was a statue outside a Japanese consulate in South Korea that reignited the debate. Japan recalled its ambassador, demonstrations spread and a South Korean monk set himself on fire in protest. The renewed tensions come as South Korea faces its own internal political crisis, following the impeachment of president Park Guen Hye. Could this issue become crucial in elections at the end of the year?

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