Ex-'comfort women' recite wartime plight

Ex-'comfort women' recite wartime plight

WASHINGTON, United States - Three women, two South Koreans and an Australian, who were forced to provide sex for the Japanese military during World War II, testified before a subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on Feb. 15 over a resolution urging Japan to ''formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner'' for the acts.

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