Wartime Korean "comfort woman" urges Japan to settle sex slave issue

Wartime Korean "comfort woman" urges Japan to settle sex slave issue

Kim Bok Dong (C), a former Korean "comfort woman," urges Japan to settle the problem of wartime sex slavery at a gathering held in the parliament building in Tokyo on April 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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