She campaigned for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her, mostly Korean, ...
Born in Japanese-occupied Korea, she was among the last surviving “comfort women” forced into sexual servitude for Japanese ...
Gil Won-ok, a survivor of Japan ’s wartime military sexual slavery and a lifelong advocate for justice, has died at the age of 96.
The former “comfort woman” used her voice and her stories to endeavor to bring an end to wartime violence against women ...
Gil Won-ok, a survivor of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery and a lifelong advocate for justice, has died at the age of 96. The South Korean government confirmed her passing at her home in ...
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A citizen pays his respects at the funeral hall for Gil Won-ok, a victim of the Japanese military's wartime sexual slavery, at Incheon Red Cross Hospital in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, on February 17.
Gil Won-ok, a former sex slave for Japanese troops who campaigned to raise awareness of the World War II atrocity, died Sunday, the gender equality ministry said. She was 97. Gil was 13 years old ...
Gil Won-ok, a former sex slave for Japanese troops who campaigned to raise awareness of the World War II atrocity, died Sunday, the gender equality ministry said. She was 97.