Korean Comfort Women
Starting around 1937, the Japanese started taking away innocent Koreans. There was conscription of Korean men into the Japanese military, to increase the number count of military in the Second World War. But what most of the world does not know is that 60,000 to 200,000 Korean women were taken as well. These women were known as the Comfort Corps--as a euphemism. These women were hardly women; the Korean women taken ranged in age from 11 to 24. Little girls were taken from their families to serve Japanese military men in SEXUAL SLAVERY. These young girls lived in horrid conditions, serving up to 20 men a day.
After 1945, these women were torn apart. Many had already died from either disease, malnourishment, or war causes. Many committed suicide so that they would not have to return to their families and bring shame to them because of what happened to them. Many were killed so that they could not tell their stories. To this day, the women who have survived have not received any apology from the Japanese government. The Japanese continuously deny that any of this happened, or claim that Comfort Corps had nothing to do with the government. These women have faced so many traumatizing events and adversities, all they want is an acknowledgement from the Japanese Government that their sexual slavery really happened.
(note: some of the claims in this video are a little misleading...the young girls were not just willingly sold into sexual slavery)
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