Essays

  • Why the “Statue of Peace” Exhibition Is an Act of Practice
    Why the “Statue of Peace” Exhibition Is an Act of Practice

    The solidarity practice of Japanese citizens who finally realized the exhibition of the “Statue of Peace” through the “Non-Freedom of Expression Exhibition”—more than a decade in the making.

    Kohei Kurahashi (倉橋耕平)

  • Visiting the Memorial Museum Ravensbrück, the Site of the Largest Women’s Concentration Camp under Nazi Germany
    Visiting the Memorial Museum Ravensbrück, the Site of the Largest Women’s Concentration Camp under Nazi Germany

    The irony is that Germany, which is often hailed as a “model” country for past liquidation by providing compensation to victims of wartime forced labor through government-industry collaboration, did not even include women forced into sexual slavery in the category of victims entitled to such compensation and still does not recognize their legal victim status.

    Jung Yong Suk

  • Right-wing or Conscientious?
    Right-wing or Conscientious?

    Recommendation from Professor Takashi Machida of Changwon National University, Advocate for the Japanese Military “Comfort Women” Issue

    Takashi Machida

  • Who is afraid of images?
    Who is afraid of images?

    In August 2000, I videotaped the medical examinations of the Japanese military “Comfort Women” victims in preparation for the upcoming “Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal” scheduled for Dece

    KIM Dongryung

  •  The rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women” - Kang Il-chul’s room
    The rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women” - Kang Il-chul’s room

    What kind of everyday life do the surviving “Comfort Women” victims residing in the <House of Sharing> leads? <Kyeol> the Webzine has arranged an essay series to look at daily life of those who live at the <House of Sharing>, centering upon the space of the “room.” The fourth protagonist is Kang Il-chul.

    Kim Dae-wol

  • The rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women” - Park Ok-sun’s room
    The rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women” - Park Ok-sun’s room

    Upon Park Ok-sun's return to South Korea, she moved back and forth between her younger brother's house and her nephew's house in Seoul, and eventually was admitted to <House of Sharing> in 2002.

    Kim Dae-wol

  • The Story of Bae Bong-gi – “We luckily managed to survive amid that war.”
    The Story of Bae Bong-gi – “We luckily managed to survive amid that war.”

    In her book <The House with a Red Tile Roof - The Story of Korean Women Who Became the Japanese Military "Comfort Women"> which was translated into Korean in 2014, Kawata Fumiko vividly yet calmly unraveled the testimony of Bae Bong-gi, one of the Korean "Comfort Women" who was taken to Okinawa. Based on the testimonies and data collected from Okinawa residents, Japanese soldiers, as well as Bae Bong-gi, this article describes the detailed circumstances experienced by Bae Bong-gi and the “Comfort Women” surrounding the U.S. military’s air raids that took place on the Kerama Islands, Okinawa.

    Kawata Fumiko (川田文子)

  • The rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women” – Songnisan Lee Ok-sun's room
    The rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women” – Songnisan Lee Ok-sun's room

    Songnisan Grandmother had anticipated that she would live in Songnisan for the rest of her life but ended up coming to the &lt;House of Sharing&gt; in the fall of 2018 after having knee surgery which made it difficult for her to easily move around.

    Kim Dae-wol

  • The story of Song Shin-do – “We have not the slightest idea of what a person thinks inside.”
    The story of Song Shin-do – “We have not the slightest idea of what a person thinks inside.”

    This article is about the story of Song Shin-do remembered by Kawata Fumiko, who connected Song Shin-do to the ‘”Comfort Women” 110 Report Call Executive Committee’.

    Kawata Fumiko (川田文子)

  • The rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women” - Lee Ok-sun’s room
    The rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women” - Lee Ok-sun’s room

    The traces and history of the surviving “Comfort Women” fill all corners of the <House of Sharing> but are most visible inside the rooms of the surviving “Comfort Women”.

    Kim Dae-wol

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