[Photo] Another former comfort woman passes away, leaving only 20 survivors
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Posted on : Aug.5,2019 17:04 KST
Another former comfort woman has passed away, making the total death count this year five. A support group called Justice for the Comfort Women announced on its Facebook page that a former comfort woman, who remained anonymous, passed away on Aug. 4, adding that only 20 living survivors of sexual slavery under imperial Japan remain. The photo shows a comfort woman statue in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul. (Shin So-young, staff photographer)
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