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‘Comfort woman’ survivor Gil Won-ok remembered as tenacious, caring women’s rights advocate
The former “comfort woman” used her voice and her stories to endeavor to bring an end to wartime violence against women ...
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"Comfort Women" and History
It commemorates the Filipino “comfort women”, who were forced to work as sexual slave labor in Japanese military brothels during World War II. Soon thereafter, a spokeswoman from Japan’s ...
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South Korea professor 'mentally stressed' comfort women
A South Korean court has found a university professor guilty of defamation for questioning accepted views on so-called comfort women. The term is a euphemism for women who were forced to work in ...
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Seoul says Japan inaction means ‘comfort women’ ruling upheld
An appellate court in South Korea last month ordered Japan to compensate the 16 “comfort women,” overturning a lower court ruling that had dismissed the case. Appeals must be filed within two ...
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Gil Won-ok, 'comfort woman' activist, dies at 97
Gil Won-ok, a former sex slave for Japanese troops who campaigned to raise awareness of the World War II atrocity, died ...