comfort woman
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of comfort woman
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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It was only in 1991 that the first former South Korean comfort woman first came forward in Seoul, setting off a swell of public testimony.
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
Lee Yong-su, an 88-year-old former comfort woman, said she would “ignore it all.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2015
Lee Yong Soo, a Korean and a former comfort woman, says, “If I am ever born again, I hope to be born as a woman soldier.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2014
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