The expose forced the government to issue a formal apology to the Korean people. However, Japan continues to refuse to compensate the women, numbered between 80,000 and 200,000 women, who were sent to Japanese military camps around Asia, where they were raped by soldiers. Shim Jae Hoon. Comfort without joy. Greenfeld, Karl Taro.
Comfort women haunt Japan.
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