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Activism For “Comfort Women” Litigation with Global Citizens and Future Generations!

Reflecting on and exploring how to record, remember, and carry forward the history of the “Comfort Women” beyond the framework of legal remedies.

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

A History of Defeat, Yet a Triumph of Solidarity for “Human Dignity” Panel discussion

Activism A History of Defeat, Yet a Triumph of Solidarity for “Human Dignity”

Legal experts and “Comfort Women” movement activists reflect on the 34-year legal struggle to resolve the Japanese Military “Comfort Women” issue.

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

Other Listening to Halmonis, Writing against Denial: A Personal and Scholarly Journey

Stories of “Comfort Women” are as insightful as they are heartbreaking. In this article, the author—an Argentine scholar—traces her journey from her first encounter with survivors and reflects on how it reshaped her personal and professional life, while also following the transnational itinerary of the “Comfort Women” movement across borders.

María del Pilar Álvarez

Historical Memory A Story of Constant Struggle: The “Comfort Women” Issue in North Korea

Historian Harrison C. Kim traces how discourse on “Comfort Women” in North Korea has evolved—at times in dialogue with the outside world—while developing distinct advocacy practices and perspectives.

Cheehyung Harrison Kim

Current Issue A “Comfort Woman” Who Has Yet to Return Home, a Memory That Has Yet to Be Mourned: The Name Bae Bong-gi

Is it still possible to remember Bae Bong-gi’s life and mourn her death beyond the adversarial structure between nations?

Kim Shin Hyun-gyung

Activism The Meaning of the Berlin Statue of Peace for Us: A Global Case of Success in the Postcolonial Feminist Movement

The Berlin Statue of Peace, established in 2020, marked an important milestone in the “Comfort Women” memorial movement as the first public memorial of its kind in Europe.

Jung-Hwa Han

Historical Memory Images of “Comfort Women” Survivors at the Time of Their Rescue by Allied Force, as Seen in a Chinese Magazine

A report on the “Comfort Women” survivors rescued by the Allied Forces, as featured in the Chinese magazine “Da Zhan Hua Ji,” published just beforethe end of World War Ⅱ.

Liu Guangjian (刘广建)

Activism The Unique and Irreplaceable “Voices of ‘Comfort Women’”

The history of the Japanese Military “Comfort Women” issue has challenged long-standing conservative cultural norms regarding women and sexuality in Asia by amplifying the voices of the victims. Moreover, it has contributed to the establishment of globally significant norms and values related to women’s human rights. This means that the records documenting the Japanese Military “Comfort Women” issue and related activities meet the criteria of “world significance.”

Hye-in Han

Activism Voices of “Comfort Women”: A Global Civic Movement for Memory

The suffering of the Japanese Military “Comfort Women,” one of the most tragic human rights abuses of the 20th century, should be preserved and managed as historical documentary heritage. This is crucial to prevent such atrocities from recurring and provide a lesson to future generations.

Hye-in Han

Other Right-wing or Conscientious?

Takashi Machida

Current Issue A Conversation with Stanislava Staša Zajović of Women in Black Belgrade (1)

Women who dare to speak out about sexual violence experience overwhelming anxiety across various aspects of their lives.

Stanislava Staša Zajović

Activism “Comfort Women” Issue and Japanese Legislative Movement Part 1

All things considered, Japan must bear responsibility as a nation. To reignite the movement, a civic movement aimed at achieving legislative resolution was needed. In December 1996, the “Gathering for Legislative Resolution of the “Comfort Women” Issue” was established, with Attorney Tsuchiya Koken as the Chairman, Professor Arai Shinichi from Surugadai University as the Vice Chairman, and Arimitsu Ken serving as the Secretariat Liaison.

Totsuka Etsuro (戶塚悅朗)

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