Former 'comfort woman' passes away, leaving only 26 survivors of Japan's sex slavery in Korea
- 5 years ago
Another former victim of Japan's wartime sex slavery has passed away.
The House of Sharing,... a residence for the so-called "comfort women",... said 96 year old Kim Soon-ok died on Wednesday morning.
Born in Pyongyang in 1922,.... Kim was worked as a housekeeper and a nanny before she was told she could get a factory job at the age of 18.
Instead, she was forcibly taken to a military brothel in China to serve Japanese soldiers.
After Korea was liberated, Kim settled in China but received South Korean citizenship with the help of the gender ministry.
Historians say as many as 200-thousand women were forced into Japan's sex slavery program. Most of them were Korean.
With Kim's death, there are only 26 surviving comfort women left in Korea.
The House of Sharing,... a residence for the so-called "comfort women",... said 96 year old Kim Soon-ok died on Wednesday morning.
Born in Pyongyang in 1922,.... Kim was worked as a housekeeper and a nanny before she was told she could get a factory job at the age of 18.
Instead, she was forcibly taken to a military brothel in China to serve Japanese soldiers.
After Korea was liberated, Kim settled in China but received South Korean citizenship with the help of the gender ministry.
Historians say as many as 200-thousand women were forced into Japan's sex slavery program. Most of them were Korean.
With Kim's death, there are only 26 surviving comfort women left in Korea.