While Park acknowledges the treaty in 1965, she avers that Japan took legal responsibilities only for the individuals as per the necessary process after the War, and also, she censures the compensation of 1990 for failing to be disseminated throughout Korea due to the Japanese government’s ambiguous attitude.
[5] Park argues that Japan should apologize for their actions of colonial domination and the case for the Korean comfort women, both due to international significance and to allow for the opportunity of Asian integration or co-operation in the near future.
[10] On July 29 2024 an English version was published, Comfort Women of the Japanese Empire: Colonial Rule and Battle over Memory” Park, Yuha.
Chong Yung-hwan, Professor at the Meiji Gakuin University criticized Comfort Women of the Empire for misinterpreting and distorting basic sources and previous research and advocating colonialism.
[12][13] Nine former comfort women in Nanume-Jip (나눔의 집), seeking to ban sales of the book, filed suit in both civil and criminal court, claiming that the scholar had defamed them.
[21] The court said "no circumstances were confirmed to indicate that standard research ethics were violated or that the dignity of victims was belittled, such as infringing on their right to self-determination and freedom of privacy and confidentiality.