A: Hey there! Did you hear the news about that Korean professor?
B: No, who's that? What's up?

A: It's Professor Park Yu-ha! Remember the book she published about "comfort women"?
B: Ah yes, I think so. Wasn't there some problem with it?

A: Yeah, a court in Seoul ordered it not to be published because of certain descriptions. But guess what? They canceled that order this week!
B: That's cool! What were those controversial parts?

A: Well, they targeted descriptions like the relationship between the women and the Japanese military being compared to "comrades."
B: Oh, I see. So, she was charged with defamation, right?

A: Right! But a higher court cleared her last year. They said it's an academic argument, not defamation.
B: That's great news for her! She posted online that the book can now return to its original form without edits.
B: Wow, that must be a relief for her. I wonder what she'll do next.
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A court in South Korea has annulled a decade-old provisional order to bar the publishing of a book on those referred to as wartime comfort women, unless some descriptions in it were deleted.



A district court in Seoul issued a provisional order in 2015 regarding the book "Comfort Women of the Empire," published in 2013 by Park Yu-ha, professor emerita at Sejong University.



The court annulled the order on Tuesday.



The order targeted descriptions such as that the relationship between the women and the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military was akin to that of "comrades."



Park was charged with defamation. But last year, a high court acquitted her, saying the book should be viewed as an academic argument and cannot be considered defamation.



Park posted on social media that her book, which had been sold with 34 sections edited out, can now be put back to its original form.