All Contents
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- The supranational nature of the 'comfort women' issue and the ‘glocalization’ of memories, Part 2
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Written by Shin Ki-young, Professor at Ochanomizu University, Japan
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- Now/here, the inside and outside of the 'comfort women'1 films, Part 1 - <Spirits' Homecoming> as a ‘male-oriented movie'
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Written by Son Hee-jung, Yonsei University Institute of Gender Studies
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- Meeting the first-generation researcher, to remember the first step - (3) Kang Jeong-sook
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Kang Jeong-sook majored in the women's history of modern Korea, and currently works as a researcher at the Centre for East Asian History at Sungkyunkwan University. She contributed greatly to the early studies on the ‘Comfort Women’, by investigating the truth of the ‘Comfort Women’ issue, recording the testimonies of the ‘Comfort Women’ victims, etc. while working at the Korean Institute of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery and the Truth Commission on Forced Mobilization.
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- Meeting the first-generation researcher, to remember the first step - (2) Song Yeon-ok
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She is an Emeritus Professor of Aoyama Gakuin University. As a Korean in Japan (a Zainichi Korean) and a researcher who laid the foundation for the studies of colonial history and women's history in Japan, she has been playing an important role in investigating the truth about the ‘Comfort Women’ issue. Her main publications include 『Military and Sexual Violence』, 『A Study on the East Asia Japanese military sexual slavery (co-authorship)』, 『A Study of 70 Years of Women's History in Korea (co-authorship)』, 『Colonialism, War, ‘Comfort Women’ for the Military (co-authorship)』, 『War and Social Affairs in East Asia(co-authorship)』, and so on.
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- Now/here, the inside and outside of the 'comfort women'1 films, Part 2 - It is possible to imagine differently
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Written by Son Hee-jung, Yonsei University Institute of Gender Studies
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- Thoughts on the issue of sexual violence of the Japanese military in China <Part 1> - Issues raised by the ‘comfort woman’ victims of the Japanese military in China
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Issues raised by the ‘comfort woman’ victims of the Japanese military in China Many people recall the image of an innocent girl who was forcibly taken away by the Japanese military and brutally assaulted. China, at that time a battlefield, was one of the places where such damaging incidents frequently occurred. The Japanese military continuously used brutal violence against Chinese women during the war. They openly took away women to commit sexual abuse across the battlegrounds, occupied areas, as well as urban and rural areas.
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- Thoughts on the issue of sexual violence of the Japanese military in China <Part 2> -A dilemma in reproducing the pain and damage caused by the sexual violence of the Japanese military in China
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Written by Lee Sun-yi, a research professor at KyungHee University Institute of Humanities
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- Remembering the First Steps: Meeting with First-Generation Researchers – (1) Yoon Jung-ok
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She has long been interested in the ‘Comfort Women’ issue and has been striving to unveil the truth about the issue while serving as a professor in English literature at Ewha Womans University. From 1980, she has been searching for and meeting with the ‘Comfort Women’ victims in order to investigate the truth.
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- Thoughts on the issue of the sexual violence of the Japanese military in China <Part 3> - ‘Comfort women’ of the Japanese military in China: Who can ask for forgiveness and reconciliation?
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Written by Lee Sun-yi, a research professor at KyungHee University Institute of Humanities
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- Editorial Meeting – Part 1 – Sexual slavery: Approaches and Perspectives
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Ahead of the publication of the webzine <Kyeol> of Research Institue on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery (RIJMSS), 10 editors gathered together to discuss the future of the webzine. At the two editorial symposiums held on January 31and February 25, 2019, discussions were held on the ways and limitations carried out on the issue of the ‘comfort women’ so far and the direction in which the webzine should move forward next.