comfort woman
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of comfort woman
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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“The comfort woman statue serves as a symbol permanently denouncing Japan,” it said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
The deal is also controversial because of suggestions by Japanese officials that South Korea has agreed to remove a statue of a young girl outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul that represents a comfort woman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2016
In it, Maria Rosa Henson tells the story of her life in the Philippines and her internment as a comfort woman.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2016
The South Korean government agreed to explore whether the civic group that placed a bronze statue of a comfort woman that sits outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul would remove it.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2016
Activists in South Korea fought back by supporting Korean-American groups with historical literature and other evidence, including a visit by an 87-year-old comfort woman to the city for the statue’s unveiling.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2014
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