Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

DAEGU, South Korea - Lee Yong Soo, a former South Korean "comfort woman," talks about her life in the country's southeastern city of Daegu on Oct. 6, 2014. Through recounting her experiences as a "comfort woman" in Japanese wartime military brothels, she has become a symbol of Korean sex slaves.

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