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  • Characteristics of the Issue of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery in Singapore
    Characteristics of the Issue of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery in Singapore

    Until 2022, when the book The Comfort Women of Singapore in History and Memory was published, it was widely thought in Singapore that there were no Singaporean "Comfort Women" who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military.

    Kevin Blackburn

  • Meeting the first-generation researcher, to remember the first step - (3) Kang Jeong-sook
    Meeting the first-generation researcher, to remember the first step - (3) Kang Jeong-sook

    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.

    Editorial Team of Webzine

  • Meeting the first-generation researcher, to remember the first step - (2) Song Yeon-ok
    Meeting the first-generation researcher, to remember the first step - (2) Song Yeon-ok

    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.

    Editorial Team of Webzine

  • Remembering the First Steps: Meeting with First-Generation Researchers – (1) Yoon Jung-ok
    Remembering the First Steps: Meeting with First-Generation Researchers – (1) Yoon Jung-ok

    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.

    Editorial Team of Webzine

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