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academic journal has launched its own investigation on the paper of a Harvard University professor who identified the victims of comfort women in the Japanese military as'prostitutes'.
It is not possible to cancel the thesis, reported by correspondent Kim Yoon-soo in Washington.
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is the homepage of'International Law and Economic Review', an academic journal that will publish a dissertation on comfort women by Professor Ramsey at Harvard University.
A notice called'Expressing Concern' appeared.
Concerns have been raised regarding the historical evidence in Professor Ramsey's thesis, and an investigation has been initiated.
The journal explained that the print job for the March issue, where the paper will be published, has been suspended.
However, in December last year, as the paper was already published online, it was not possible to cancel, and announced that it would publish the paper as scheduled by including the results of its own investigation and criticism.
[Durdon/US Professor of Connecticut University: I'm very sorry, this is a bad publication.
If I had been a thesis evaluation committee, I would have blocked the publication.]
Korean lawmakers in the United States have also criticized it.
Congressman Young-Kim and Michelle Steele Park tweeted one after another that Ramsey's claim was disgusting.
In addition to Harvard University, Stanford and Michigan University are also criticizing Professor Ramsey's thesis among students.
The students plan to invite the comfort women victim, Yong-soo Lee, and others, to a public video discussion on Facebook next week to inform American society of the truth about comfort women distorted by Professor Ramsey's thesis.
(Video coverage: Jeongsik Oh)