Japanese public broadcaster NHK was accused by local civic groups on Thursday of selectively airing misinformed opinions that were in favor of an agreement between Seoul and Tokyo on the “comfort women” issue. The groups — Violence Against Women in War Research Action Center and the National Movement for Resolving the Issue of the Military Comfort Women — held a press conference at the National Diet’s House of Representatives to address what they called NHK’s “biased program” on Jan. 24. “NHK has created a bias towards South Korea by manipulating information regarding public opinion and movement.