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Japanese History Textbook Distortion

When I was searching for the late Kim Eun-Rye, a victim of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery during World War II, I found an article about “comfort women’s” demonstration in Japan in 2001 against distorted Japanese historical textbooks.
Two former “comfort women”, Hwang Keum-ju and Kim Eun-Rye, visited the Japanese education ministry and requested correction of distorted [...]

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Kim Eun-Rye, Former ‘Comfort Woman’ Passed Away

Pray for Kim Eun-Rye, former ‘comfort woman’ (Military Sexual Slavery by Japanese Government)
A former victim of military sexual slavery by Japanese Government, Kim Eun-Rye passed away to her eternal rest on 10/21/2008 Tuesday at the age of 83 (officially 73). Ms. Kim, born in Pyungyang (Pyeongyang, North Korea) in 1936, was deceived that she would [...]

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Comfort Women - Military Sexual Slavery by Japan

Before and during World War II, estimated 100,000 to 200,000 women were tricked or forced to serve as sexual slaves for months or years by the Japanese military. More than 80 percent of women were believed Korean. Many of the rest were Chinese, Philippines, Indonesians, Taiwanese and Burmese whose country was under the Japanese occupation. [...]

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Resolution No. 759 (HR 759)

On Wednesday, Sep. 13 2006, the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives passed Resolution No. 759, calling on Japan to accept responsibility for sexual slavery of the Japanese military during the World War II era.
Estimated 100,000 to 200,000 women of Korea, China, and other South Asian countries were tricked or forced to be [...]

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Wednesday Demonstration

Q. What is the Wednesday Demonstrations?
It is a weekly-held demonstartion in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to bring a justice to Japanese Military Sexual Slavery issue. The Wednesday demonstrations has been held over 13 years as of 2007, July, and they had their 717th demonstration on July 12, 2006.
Q. When did it [...]

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