Brief Historical Background & Terminology
Above Hak-Soon Kim (1924–1997), the first survivor to testify in
public on August 14, 1991, speaks at the Wednesday Demonstration in 1996, a weekly protest held in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul that amplifies the voices of survivors of the Japanese military sexual slavery system.
Photo credit: The Korean Council (from the exhibition Truth &
Justice: Remembering “Comfort Women”)
public on August 14, 1991, speaks at the Wednesday Demonstration in 1996, a weekly protest held in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul that amplifies the voices of survivors of the Japanese military sexual slavery system.
Photo credit: The Korean Council (from the exhibition Truth &
Justice: Remembering “Comfort Women”)