Webzine-KYEOL │ Research Institute on Japanese Military Sexsual Slavery (RIMSS)

The rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women” - Park Ok-sun’s room

Upon Park Ok-sun's return to South Korea, she moved back and forth between her younger brother's house and her nephew's house in Seoul, and eventually was admitted to in 2002.

Kim Dae-wol

The Story of Bae Bong-gi – “We luckily managed to survive amid that war.”

In her book which was translated into Korean in 2014, Kawata Fumiko vividly yet calmly unraveled the testimony of Bae Bong-gi, one of the Korean "Comfort Women" who was taken to Okinawa. Based on the testimonies and data collected from Okinawa residents, Japanese soldiers, as well as Bae Bong-gi, this article describes the detailed circumstances experienced by Bae Bong-gi and the “Comfort Women” surrounding the U.S. military’s air raids that took place on the Kerama Islands, Okinawa.

Kawata Fumiko (川田文子)

A Story of Constant Struggle: The “Comfort Women” Issue in North Korea

Historian Harrison C. Kim traces how discourse on “Comfort Women” in North Korea has evolved—at times in dialogue with the outside world—while developing distinct advocacy practices and perspectives.

Cheehyung Harrison Kim

“Comfort Girls”: The Forgotten Tragedy of Child Exploitation

The “Comfort Women” system was not only a violation of women’s rights, but also a grave infringement of children’s rights. In this article, Professor Ñusta Carranza Ko examines how imperial Japanese authorities systematically violated the rights of underage girls, in direct contravention of international conventions of the time, reframing the issue as a case of child rights violations.

Ñusta Carranza Ko

The rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women” - Kang Il-chul’s room

What kind of everyday life do the surviving “Comfort Women” victims residing in the leads? the Webzine has arranged an essay series to look at daily life of those who live at the , centering upon the space of the “room.” The fourth protagonist is Kang Il-chul.

Kim Dae-wol

U.S. Office of War Information Report No. 49: A report reflecting the author’s subjective bias

Byeongju Hwang

Remembering Kim Hak-sun

Written by Lee Hee-ja, President of the Association for Requesting Compensation for the Pacific War Victims

Lee Hee-ja

What a Former Japanese Soldier Who Served as the Recreation Section Chief Saw and Failed to Say

Aya Furuhashi sheds light on the unspoken truths that emerge from the gaps between the lines of the the memoir, Wuhan Military Logistics Base, written by Seikichi Yamada.

Aya Furuhashi (古橋綾)

Remembering Bae Bong-gi

she said, with tears streaming down her cheeks, when a Japanese journalist suggested they go back and visit her old home together. Away for so long from her hometown in South Chungcheong Province – a place which she could now only dream about.

Park-Kim Wooki (朴金優綺)

Historical Memory