Another Korean 'comfort woman' dies; number of survivors down to 21
- 5 years ago
위안부 피해 할머니 별세… 남은 생존자 21명
Another of the Korean women sexually enslaved by Japan during World War Two... has died.
According to a Korean NGO that advocates for the rights of the surviving victims,
the woman died this past Sunday.
At the request of her family, though,... her name, age and funeral details were not released.
This marks the fourth death of the so-called "comfort women" this year alone.
Of the 2-hundred-40 registered with the government, only 21 are still alive, most of them in their 90s.
Estimates of the number of Korean women enslaved by the Japanese military... reach into the hundreds of thousands.
Another of the Korean women sexually enslaved by Japan during World War Two... has died.
According to a Korean NGO that advocates for the rights of the surviving victims,
the woman died this past Sunday.
At the request of her family, though,... her name, age and funeral details were not released.
This marks the fourth death of the so-called "comfort women" this year alone.
Of the 2-hundred-40 registered with the government, only 21 are still alive, most of them in their 90s.
Estimates of the number of Korean women enslaved by the Japanese military... reach into the hundreds of thousands.