Japanese troops occupying Korea in the early 1900s. (Credit: Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Chen Jinyu, then 80 years old in this 2005 photograph, was raped everyday at 16 years old while living as a comfort woman for the Japanese military.

North Korean soldiers passing in front of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il portraits on Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea, 2012. (Credit: Eric Lafforgue/Getty Images)

The German Team marching under a unified flag during the 1964 opening ceremony. (Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 1: South Korean children wearing traditional costume wave national flags during the celebration of The March First Independence Movement Anniversary on March 1, 2005 in Seoul, South Korea. South Koreans celebrate the public holiday a day of remembrance to mark the 1919 civilian uprising against Japanese colonial rule from 1910-1945. A legacy of resentment and territorial disputes between the nations were renewed when the Japanese ambassador claimed last week, that Japan was the rightful owner of several largely uninhabited islands claimed by both Tokyo and Seoul. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

North Korea's propaganda village of Gijeongdong as seen through barbed wire from the the Joint Security Area of the Demilitarized Zone on the border between North and South Korea. (Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

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