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Grandmother Park Ok-sun, “Now, you feel like dying, right? But we won’t!”

December 17, 2011 · by · in Human rights, Japanese imperial rule, Japanese military 'comfort women', Korean modern history, Sexual violence, Sexual violence by Japanese military, Wednesday protest, Wednesday protest · Leave a comment

Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared on the <Voice of People (VOP)> On Dec.12, 2011, covering an interview with one of the Japanese military ‘comfort women’. She relays her life in a calm and unimposing way, which makes the whole experience the more intense. Although the 1,000th weekly […]

80 survivors … and dwindling still … Wednesday protesters’ story

December 7, 2011 · by · in Human rights, Japanese imperial rule, Japanese military 'comfort women', Peace Movement, Sexual violence, Sexual violence by Japanese military, wartime crimes, Wednesday protest, Wednesday protest · 1 Comment

Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of an article appeared in <The OhmyNews> in October 16, 2011. In the form of a book review, it covers the story of weekly Wednesday protest by Japanese military ‘comfort women’ grandmothers that started about 20 years ago in 1992 and marks 1,000th time next week! […]

“Let’s buy ‘comfort women’ grandmothers a new van” … fund raising spreads

December 6, 2011 · by · in Japanese imperial rule, Japanese military 'comfort women', Peace Movement, wartime crimes · Leave a comment

Disclaimer: The following is a totally unauthoritative personal translation of a news report on the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) on November 26, 2011. All rights regarding this post stay with the author of the original news script or with SBS. Accordingly this post will be scrapped immediately with their request. Original news of this post […]