Memorial day for "comfort women"

Memorial day for "comfort women"

Lee Jung Ok (R), South Korea's minister for gender equality and family, and Lee Yong Soo (2nd from R in front row), attend a government-led ceremony commemorating the Korean "comfort women" like Lee Yong Soo who were forced to worked in Japanese wartime military brothels. The ceremony was held in Cheonan, south of Seoul, on Aug. 14, 2020, the country's officially designated memorial day.

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