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International Memorial Day For Comfort Women: Who Was Kim Hak-Sun? The World War II Comfort Woman Survivor Whose Testimony Changed History

August 14 commemorates the day in 1991 when Kim Hak-sun became the first survivor to publicly testify about her harrowing captivity. Kim Hak-sun was a courageous South Korean woman who was the first to publicly reveal that Japan compelled young women into sexual slavery during World War II. These individuals were referred to as "comfort women." International Memorial Day for Comfort Women is…

International Memorial Day For Comfort Women: Who Was Kim Hak-Sun? The World War II Comfort Woman Survivor Whose Testimony Changed History

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