S. Korean "comfort woman" feels yet to be freed

Photo taken in Seoul on Aug. 11, 2015, shows Kim Bok Dong, an 89-year-old South Korean woman who was forced to offer sexual services as a "comfort woman" for the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army in such countries as Malaysia and Indonesia during World War II. She says she will continue to call on Japan to admit its past mistakes as she feels she has not yet been freed from Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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