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Lee Yong-soo (L), who was sexually enslaved by Japan"s World War II military, and Yang geum-deok (R), plaintiff, "Victim of Forced Labor of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries during World War II", attend an event marking the 104th anniversary of the 01 March Independence Movement, in Seoul, South Korea, 01 March 2023.

S Korea to pay victims of Japan WW2 forced labour

Seoul controversially agrees to compensate its own citizens rather than seeking money from Japan.

People patcipate on a funeral service of Kim Bok-dong, 92, a former sex slave to the Japanese Imperial Army during the war, in front of Japanese embassy on February 01, 2019 in Seoul, South Korea

The sex slave who refused to be silenced

Kim Bok-dong, who was forced into a brothel by Japan aged 14, refused to give up her fight for justice.