Elderly wartime sex slavery victim calls for removal of Japan-funded foundation
Foreign affairsSept 3, 2018
Heavy rain could not stop Kim Bok-dong, 92, from staging a solo protest in a wheelchair in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the thick of Monday's rush hour. The victim of Japan's forced sexual slavery is the first in a line of others to follow to protest against the establishment of the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation, a controversial state-run body for Korean sexual slavery victims built with a 1 billion-yen ($9.2 million) Japanese contribution. "It's only been five days since