Ex-comfort woman attends press conference in U.S.

Ex-comfort woman attends press conference in U.S.

Former South Korean comfort woman Lee Yong Soo (C) attends a press conference at the U.S. Congress on April 23, 2015, prior to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's address at a joint meeting there on April 29. Lee, 86, said she expects Abe to address the issue of comfort women, or women forced into brothels for Japanese soldiers during World War II, so later generations in Japan and South Korea can get along better with each other. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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