Thursday, October 18, 2012

Anger of wartime sex slaves haunts Japan and South Korea | World news | guardian.co.uk

Anger of wartime sex slaves haunts Japan and South Korea | World news | guardian.co.uk

There is disagreement on the exact number of women forced into prostitution by Japan. Campaigners believe between 50,000 and 200,000 women – mostly Koreans, but also Chinese, south-east Asians and a small number of Japanese and Europeans – were forced or tricked into working in military brothels between 1932 and 1945.