Former ‘comfort woman’ dies at 93, leaving 24 survivors
Social affairsJan 28, 2019
Another victim of sexual slavery during the Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula passed away Monday. A former South Korean “comfort woman,” known only to the media by the surname Lee upon her family’s request, passed away at the age of 93. Lee died at approximately 7:30 a.m., according to the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan. She was reported to have suffered from deteriorating health since 2018. A `comfort woman` statue (Yonha