Former Korean "comfort woman" speaks in Tokyo on wartime sex slavery

Kim Bok Dong, a former Korean "comfort woman," speaks at a gathering in the parliament building in Tokyo on April 23, 2015, to discuss the question of wartime sex slavery allegedly by the Japanese military. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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