Cold comfort for Japanese wartime sex slaves
The women and girls that were recruited as sexual slaves for the Japanese military during World War II are still waiting for an apology and compensation from the Japanese government. As part of a global campaign with Amnesty International, a delegation from South Korea toured Australia last week to tell their story. These so called “Comfort women”, mostly from Korea, were expected to serve the Japanese military often 7 days a week. With some girls as young as 14, they had to serve between ten and fifty men a day. The Japanese government still refuses to make a formal apology. The women are now in their 80s and time is running out. Ms Jang Jum Dol who is respectfully known in her community as Grandma Jang, a comfort women survivor and now human rights campaigner told The Wire her story.