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Dutch government officially announced that
“Dutch government regards the Comfort women system primarily as pros**tution.” 1994
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The Bart von Poelgeest Report
“The study by Dr. Poelgeest, then an officer of the Ministry of Interior of the Netherlands, was commissioned by the Dutch government in 1993. It is a comprehensive report on the recruitment, voluntary, of European women for pros**tution in the Dutch East Indies during the Japanese occupation in World War II. It also briefly touches upon recruitment of local women although that is not the focus of the study. There was nothing in the report to indicate a policy or practice of mass abd_uction of women, European or locals, as comfort women.”
“During the war in China in the 1930s, the occurrence of venereal disease among the troops had led to problems with deployment and the Japanese military forces therefore decided to set up military brothels as a preventive measure. In addition to local women, Japanese and Korean women – Korea being part of the Japanese Empire – were recruited for the brothels in China.”
“There’s no mass abdu_ction”
”Korean couple had lured European women to the establishment under false pretences.”
“In practice, it was the local military commanders who had to draw up regulations on the establishment of military brothels in their territory. The chief of staff of the 16th army on Java and thus head of the military administration there decided that a license was required for the establishment of a military brothel. A license was issued only if certain conditions were met, relating to, for example, regular medical check-ups and payment. A further precondition was that the women working in the brothels had to do so voluntarily; according to the regulations, a license would only be issued if the women involved signed a statement to the effect that they were providing their service voluntarily.”
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Dutch government officially announced that
“Dutch government regards the Comfort women system primarily as pros**tution.” 1994
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The Bart von Poelgeest Report
“The study by Dr. Poelgeest, then an officer of the Ministry of Interior of the Netherlands, was commissioned by the Dutch government in 1993. It is a comprehensive report on the recruitment, voluntary, of European women for pros**tution in the Dutch East Indies during the Japanese occupation in World War II. It also briefly touches upon recruitment of local women although that is not the focus of the study. There was nothing in the report to indicate a policy or practice of mass abd_uction of women, European or locals, as comfort women.”
“During the war in China in the 1930s, the occurrence of venereal disease among the troops had led to problems with deployment and the Japanese military forces therefore decided to set up military brothels as a preventive measure. In addition to local women, Japanese and Korean women – Korea being part of the Japanese Empire – were recruited for the brothels in China.”
“There’s no mass abdu_ction”
”Korean couple had lured European women to the establishment under false pretences.”
“In practice, it was the local military commanders who had to draw up regulations on the establishment of military brothels in their territory. The chief of staff of the 16th army on Java and thus head of the military administration there decided that a license was required for the establishment of a military brothel. A license was issued only if certain conditions were met, relating to, for example, regular medical check-ups and payment. A further precondition was that the women working in the brothels had to do so voluntarily; according to the regulations, a license would only be issued if the women involved signed a statement to the effect that they were providing their service voluntarily.”
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Dutch government officially announced that
“Dutch government regards the Comfort women system primarily as pros**tution.” 1994
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The Bart von Poelgeest Report
“The study by Dr. Poelgeest, then an officer of the Ministry of Interior of the Netherlands, was commissioned by the Dutch government in 1993. It is a comprehensive report on the recruitment, voluntary, of European women for pros**tution in the Dutch East Indies during the Japanese occupation in World War II. It also briefly touches upon recruitment of local women although that is not the focus of the study. There was nothing in the report to indicate a policy or practice of mass abd_uction of women, European or locals, as comfort women.”
“During the war in China in the 1930s, the occurrence of venereal disease among the troops had led to problems with deployment and the Japanese military forces therefore decided to set up military brothels as a preventive measure. In addition to local women, Japanese and Korean women – Korea being part of the Japanese Empire – were recruited for the brothels in China.”
“There’s no mass abdu_ction”
”Korean couple had lured European women to the establishment under false pretences.”
“In practice, it was the local military commanders who had to draw up regulations on the establishment of military brothels in their territory. The chief of staff of the 16th army on Java and thus head of the military administration there decided that a license was required for the establishment of a military brothel. A license was issued only if certain conditions were met, relating to, for example, regular medical check-ups and payment. A further precondition was that the women working in the brothels had to do so voluntarily; according to the regulations, a license would only be issued if the women involved signed a statement to the effect that they were providing their service voluntarily.”
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Dutch government officially announced that
“Dutch government regards the Comfort women system primarily as pros**tution.” 1994
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The Bart von Poelgeest Report
“The study by Dr. Poelgeest, then an officer of the Ministry of Interior of the Netherlands, was commissioned by the Dutch government in 1993. It is a comprehensive report on the recruitment, voluntary, of European women for pros**tution in the Dutch East Indies during the Japanese occupation in World War II. It also briefly touches upon recruitment of local women although that is not the focus of the study. There was nothing in the report to indicate a policy or practice of mass abd_uction of women, European or locals, as comfort women.”
“During the war in China in the 1930s, the occurrence of venereal disease among the troops had led to problems with deployment and the Japanese military forces therefore decided to set up military brothels as a preventive measure. In addition to local women, Japanese and Korean women – Korea being part of the Japanese Empire – were recruited for the brothels in China.”
“There’s no mass abdu_ction”
”Korean couple had lured European women to the establishment under false pretences.”
“In practice, it was the local military commanders who had to draw up regulations on the establishment of military brothels in their territory. The chief of staff of the 16th army on Java and thus head of the military administration there decided that a license was required for the establishment of a military brothel. A license was issued only if certain conditions were met, relating to, for example, regular medical check-ups and payment. A further precondition was that the women working in the brothels had to do so voluntarily; according to the regulations, a license would only be issued if the women involved signed a statement to the effect that they were providing their service voluntarily.”
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[Diary written by Korean worker at comfort stations in Burma, Singapore found]
The diary written by a Korean man working at wartime brothels in Burma, which has been found in South Korea.
SEOUL -- A diary written by a Korean man working at wartime brothels in Burma (current Myanmar) and Singapore during World War II has recently been found, a discovery that could shed light on the truth behind the role of the Imperial Japanese Army in controversial comfort stations for Japanese soldiers.
The Korean man took part in the "4th comfort corps" that left Busan Port on the Korean Peninsula in 1942. He returned home in late 1944. His diary is the first of its kind found in Japan, South Korea and elsewhere. On the issue of so-called "comfort women" for the Imperial Japanese Army during the war, many of the testimonies were made several decades after the end of the war. The diary written by the Korean man -- a third person who had actually witnessed wartime brothels -- is important material to pave the way for cool-headed discussions on the thorny issue.
The diary was discovered by Ahn Byong Jik, professor emeritus at Seoul University, who specializes in modern Korean economic history and is knowledgeable about the comfort women issue. A museum in the suburbs of Seoul found a diary and other materials at a second-hand bookshop about 10 years ago. Ahn found the diary while combing through the materials.
The diary was written by the man from Kyongsang-namdo on the western part of the Korean Peninsula while working at the wartime brothels from 1943 to 1944. It was written in Chinese characters, katakana and Korean alphabets.
The man was born in 1905 and died in 1979. His diary written from 1922 to 1957 can be seen today.
In the diary, the man wrote on July 10, 1943, "At this time last year, I boarded a ship at Busan Wharf and took a first step on the southbound trip." On April 6, 1944, he wrote, "When a comfort squad left Busan two years ago, Mr. Tsumura who came as the head of the fourth comfort corps was working (in a market)."
A research report compiled in November 1945 by U.S. soldiers who questioned managers of comfort stations caught in Burma says that 703 comfort women and about 90 business operators left Busan Port on July 10, 1942. The accuracy of his diary is backed up by the fact that the date of their departure is the same.
Ahn says, "It is certain that the records compiled by the U.S. military refer to the fourth comfort corps." As opposed to the view generally held in South Korea that comfort women were forcibly conscripted by Japanese military and police, Ahn says, "Comfort women were recruited by business operators in Korea, and there was no need for the military to abduct them."
In the diary, the man touched on relationships between comfort stations, comfort women and the military. He wrote on July 19, 1943, "Two comfort stations that belong to a flying corps were handed over to the logistics command." On July 29, 1943, he wrote, "I've heard that Haruyo and Hiroko who had left (a comfort station) to have conjugal relations (with their husbands) returned to Kinseikan as comfort women again."
The Korean man also wrote in his diary on Aug. 13, 1943, "Comfort women went to see a movie, saying that the railway corps will run a movie." He wrote on Oct. 27, 1944, "I was asked by a comfort woman to remit 600 yen, so I withdrew her deposit and sent it from a central post office.”
The diary author himself earned 43,000 yen in two years’ time—an enormous sum when one considers the average monthly worker’s salary during that period of time was just 40 yen. The author managed an orchard after returning home, and also served on the board of a private elementary school.
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Numerous wartime documents define comfort women as prostitutes.
⚫︎Contemporary U.S. Military Sources
One primary source is Report No. 49, U.S. Office of War Information, dated October 1, 1944. This is an interrogation report of 20 Korean comfort women in Burma. This report clearly states:
A “comfort woman” is nothing more than a pros**tute or professional camp follower.
⚫︎Allied Translator Records and Captured Japanese Documents
Another primary source is found in the ATIS (Allied Translator/Interpreter Section) Research Report No. 120. It says, “Amenities of the Japanese Armed Forces,” dated November 15, 1945. Among them are the following:
From a captured Japanese document, “Rules for Restaurants and Houses of Pros**tution,” dated February 1943:
MANILA: “Persons receiving permission to open business [comfort station] will…submit…copy of personal histories of employees….” “Permission is necessary before anyone joins the establishment.”
SHANGHAI SECTOR: “The pros**tutes will possess licenses….” “Unlicensed pros**tutes are strictly prohibited from plying their trade.” “The pros**tute and the operator will share equally the proceeds of the work done by the pros**tute.”
“Tacloban Brothel Regulations,” undated: “Places called brothels in these regulations are special brothels operated with Filipino women (licensed pros**tutes).”
⚫︎Foreign Ministry Documents on Comfort Stations
Japanese Foreign Ministry documents from the wartime era were also captured and are among the primary sources available. These include:
Consul General Reports on the Status of Countrymen and Businesses in Chinese Cities: Report on Jiujian (sic)
Consulate Report No. 561, 11/8/38; Nanchang (sic)
Report No. 217, 8/9/39; Chiahu (sic)
Report No. 170, 8/2/39
All of these reports list comfort stations, together with other commercial businesses, not as something special. Operators are listed as civilians. Countrymen are identified as Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese. There is no mention of any comfort station operated by military personnel.
Another document, the “Report by Governor General of Guangdong (sic), Report No. 37, 3/15/41,” also lists comfort stations with other businesses run by Japanese, Taiwanese, and Koreans.
All comfort stations with Korean women were operated by Koreans, Japanese women by Japanese. There is not even a hint of military guards.
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⚫︎Diary
The “Diary of Gordon Thomas” is another contemporary source on the subject. Thomas was the former editor of The Rabaul Times who spent three years in Rabaul (Papua New Guinea) operating an icehouse while Rabaul was under Japanese occupation. Comfort women often visited his icehouse and were not under guard. Mention is made of women from two different comfort stations fighting over customers.
The diary of a Korean who managed comfort stations in Burma and Singapore is also part of the record. Korean Professor Choe Kil Sung analyzed this diary. The following are extracts which clarify the status of comfort women:
When people think of a comfort station…quite a few…imagine a military camp or an army tent. And yet, it seems that, for the most part, the comfort stations were actually located in ordinary civilian buildings.
These comfort stations were also engaged in buying and selling, borrowing and loaning, and transfer of property.
Professor Choe concludes: “After I read the diary for the first time, I concluded definitely that the comfort stations were not military institutions, but rather similar to wartime brothels.”
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Dutch government officially announced that
“Dutch government regards the Comfort women system primarily as pros**tution.” 1994
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The Bart von Poelgeest Report
“The study by Dr. Poelgeest, then an officer of the Ministry of Interior of the Netherlands, was commissioned by the Dutch government in 1993. It is a comprehensive report on the recruitment, voluntary, of European women for pros**tution in the Dutch East Indies during the Japanese occupation in World War II. It also briefly touches upon recruitment of local women although that is not the focus of the study. There was nothing in the report to indicate a policy or practice of mass abd_uction of women, European or locals, as comfort women.”
“During the war in China in the 1930s, the occurrence of venereal disease among the troops had led to problems with deployment and the Japanese military forces therefore decided to set up military brothels as a preventive measure. In addition to local women, Japanese and Korean women – Korea being part of the Japanese Empire – were recruited for the brothels in China.”
“There’s no mass abdu_ction”
”Korean couple had lured European women to the establishment under false pretences.”
“In practice, it was the local military commanders who had to draw up regulations on the establishment of military brothels in their territory. The chief of staff of the 16th army on Java and thus head of the military administration there decided that a license was required for the establishment of a military brothel. A license was issued only if certain conditions were met, relating to, for example, regular medical check-ups and payment. A further precondition was that the women working in the brothels had to do so voluntarily; according to the regulations, a license would only be issued if the women involved signed a statement to the effect that they were providing their service voluntarily.”
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This issue is being led by North Korea and the CCPs organizations, not by Filipinos. Filipinos need to know that.
FYI, Lila filipina was founded in the Philippines by the same organization
If you’re interested in this issue, try googling “How Beijing weaponizes ‘comfort women’ as propaganda tool ASIA TIMES”
The article says:
“China has been waging this war since Beijing realized after the First Gulf War that it would likely be unable to the United States on the battlefield. As the document Unrestricted Warfare, published by two high-ranking Chinese military officials, makes clear, the Chinese have chosen to fight the US, and particularly the US-Japan alliance, using desinformatsiya rather than hardware and troops.”
“An example of the first is the comfort woman statue that mysteriously appeared in Manila in 2017. An investigation by the Sankei Shimbun revealed that the statue project was orchestrated by Overseas Chinese groups in the Philippines, including the Wai Ming Charitable Trust Foundation Company – long a front for politicizing the comfort women issue in mainland China.”
“It is notable that several prominent persons connected with Korean Council, the most vocal comfort woman-related NGO in South Korea, have been arrested as North Korean sp*ies.”
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Dutch government officially announced that
“Dutch government regards the Comfort women system primarily as pros**tution.” 1994
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The Bart von Poelgeest Report
“The study by Dr. Poelgeest, then an officer of the Ministry of Interior of the Netherlands, was commissioned by the Dutch government in 1993. It is a comprehensive report on the recruitment, voluntary, of European women for pros**tution in the Dutch East Indies during the Japanese occupation in World War II. It also briefly touches upon recruitment of local women although that is not the focus of the study. There was nothing in the report to indicate a policy or practice of mass abd_uction of women, European or locals, as comfort women.”
“During the war in China in the 1930s, the occurrence of venereal disease among the troops had led to problems with deployment and the Japanese military forces therefore decided to set up military brothels as a preventive measure. In addition to local women, Japanese and Korean women – Korea being part of the Japanese Empire – were recruited for the brothels in China.”
“There’s no mass abdu_ction”
”Korean couple had lured European women to the establishment under false pretences.”
“In practice, it was the local military commanders who had to draw up regulations on the establishment of military brothels in their territory. The chief of staff of the 16th army on Java and thus head of the military administration there decided that a license was required for the establishment of a military brothel. A license was issued only if certain conditions were met, relating to, for example, regular medical check-ups and payment. A further precondition was that the women working in the brothels had to do so voluntarily; according to the regulations, a license would only be issued if the women involved signed a statement to the effect that they were providing their service voluntarily.”
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[Diary written by Korean worker at comfort stations in Burma, Singapore found]
The diary written by a Korean man working at wartime brothels in Burma, which has been found in South Korea.
SEOUL -- A diary written by a Korean man working at wartime brothels in Burma (current Myanmar) and Singapore during World War II has recently been found, a discovery that could shed light on the truth behind the role of the Imperial Japanese Army in controversial comfort stations for Japanese soldiers.
The Korean man took part in the "4th comfort corps" that left Busan Port on the Korean Peninsula in 1942. He returned home in late 1944. His diary is the first of its kind found in Japan, South Korea and elsewhere. On the issue of so-called "comfort women" for the Imperial Japanese Army during the war, many of the testimonies were made several decades after the end of the war. The diary written by the Korean man -- a third person who had actually witnessed wartime brothels -- is important material to pave the way for cool-headed discussions on the thorny issue.
The diary was discovered by Ahn Byong Jik, professor emeritus at Seoul University, who specializes in modern Korean economic history and is knowledgeable about the comfort women issue. A museum in the suburbs of Seoul found a diary and other materials at a second-hand bookshop about 10 years ago. Ahn found the diary while combing through the materials.
The diary was written by the man from Kyongsang-namdo on the western part of the Korean Peninsula while working at the wartime brothels from 1943 to 1944. It was written in Chinese characters, katakana and Korean alphabets.
The man was born in 1905 and died in 1979. His diary written from 1922 to 1957 can be seen today.
In the diary, the man wrote on July 10, 1943, "At this time last year, I boarded a ship at Busan Wharf and took a first step on the southbound trip." On April 6, 1944, he wrote, "When a comfort squad left Busan two years ago, Mr. Tsumura who came as the head of the fourth comfort corps was working (in a market)."
A research report compiled in November 1945 by U.S. soldiers who questioned managers of comfort stations caught in Burma says that 703 comfort women and about 90 business operators left Busan Port on July 10, 1942. The accuracy of his diary is backed up by the fact that the date of their departure is the same.
Ahn says, "It is certain that the records compiled by the U.S. military refer to the fourth comfort corps." As opposed to the view generally held in South Korea that comfort women were forcibly conscripted by Japanese military and police, Ahn says, "Comfort women were recruited by business operators in Korea, and there was no need for the military to abduct them."
In the diary, the man touched on relationships between comfort stations, comfort women and the military. He wrote on July 19, 1943, "Two comfort stations that belong to a flying corps were handed over to the logistics command." On July 29, 1943, he wrote, "I've heard that Haruyo and Hiroko who had left (a comfort station) to have conjugal relations (with their husbands) returned to Kinseikan as comfort women again."
The Korean man also wrote in his diary on Aug. 13, 1943, "Comfort women went to see a movie, saying that the railway corps will run a movie." He wrote on Oct. 27, 1944, "I was asked by a comfort woman to remit 600 yen, so I withdrew her deposit and sent it from a central post office.”
The diary author himself earned 43,000 yen in two years’ time—an enormous sum when one considers the average monthly worker’s salary during that period of time was just 40 yen. The author managed an orchard after returning home, and also served on the board of a private elementary school.
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[Diary written by Korean worker at comfort stations in Burma, Singapore found]
The diary written by a Korean man working at wartime brothels in Burma, which has been found in South Korea.
SEOUL -- A diary written by a Korean man working at wartime brothels in Burma (current Myanmar) and Singapore during World War II has recently been found, a discovery that could shed light on the truth behind the role of the Imperial Japanese Army in controversial comfort stations for Japanese soldiers.
The Korean man took part in the "4th comfort corps" that left Busan Port on the Korean Peninsula in 1942. He returned home in late 1944. His diary is the first of its kind found in Japan, South Korea and elsewhere. On the issue of so-called "comfort women" for the Imperial Japanese Army during the war, many of the testimonies were made several decades after the end of the war. The diary written by the Korean man -- a third person who had actually witnessed wartime brothels -- is important material to pave the way for cool-headed discussions on the thorny issue.
The diary was discovered by Ahn Byong Jik, professor emeritus at Seoul University, who specializes in modern Korean economic history and is knowledgeable about the comfort women issue. A museum in the suburbs of Seoul found a diary and other materials at a second-hand bookshop about 10 years ago. Ahn found the diary while combing through the materials.
The diary was written by the man from Kyongsang-namdo on the western part of the Korean Peninsula while working at the wartime brothels from 1943 to 1944. It was written in Chinese characters, katakana and Korean alphabets.
The man was born in 1905 and died in 1979. His diary written from 1922 to 1957 can be seen today.
In the diary, the man wrote on July 10, 1943, "At this time last year, I boarded a ship at Busan Wharf and took a first step on the southbound trip." On April 6, 1944, he wrote, "When a comfort squad left Busan two years ago, Mr. Tsumura who came as the head of the fourth comfort corps was working (in a market)."
A research report compiled in November 1945 by U.S. soldiers who questioned managers of comfort stations caught in Burma says that 703 comfort women and about 90 business operators left Busan Port on July 10, 1942. The accuracy of his diary is backed up by the fact that the date of their departure is the same.
Ahn says, "It is certain that the records compiled by the U.S. military refer to the fourth comfort corps." As opposed to the view generally held in South Korea that comfort women were forcibly conscripted by Japanese military and police, Ahn says, "Comfort women were recruited by business operators in Korea, and there was no need for the military to abduct them."
In the diary, the man touched on relationships between comfort stations, comfort women and the military. He wrote on July 19, 1943, "Two comfort stations that belong to a flying corps were handed over to the logistics command." On July 29, 1943, he wrote, "I've heard that Haruyo and Hiroko who had left (a comfort station) to have conjugal relations (with their husbands) returned to Kinseikan as comfort women again."
The Korean man also wrote in his diary on Aug. 13, 1943, "Comfort women went to see a movie, saying that the railway corps will run a movie." He wrote on Oct. 27, 1944, "I was asked by a comfort woman to remit 600 yen, so I withdrew her deposit and sent it from a central post office.”
The diary author himself earned 43,000 yen in two years’ time—an enormous sum when one considers the average monthly worker’s salary during that period of time was just 40 yen. The author managed an orchard after returning home, and also served on the board of a private elementary school.
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The former Comfort Women’s testimonies are inconsistent as they were coached by the extremely leftist organization “Korean Council“
⚫︎In an interview with Professor Chunghee Sarah Soh of San Francisco State University, a former Korean comfort woman Kim Sun-ok said that she was sold by her parents four times.
Yet she testified before UN Special Rapporteur Radhika Coomaraswamy that she was abd*ucted by the Japanese military.
⚫︎ In an interview with Professor Park of Sejong University in South Korea, a former Korean comfort woman Bae Chun-hee said she hated her father who sold her. She said that men who recruited Korean women and operated comfort stations were “All Korean”, and that Korean women who testified before UN Special Rapporteur lied on behalf of Korean Council.
⚫︎ According to Professor Chunghee Sarah Soh of San Francisco State University, a former Korean comfort woman Moon Pil-ki was recruited by a Korean comfort station owner's agent and taken to Manchuria with four other women.
Yet she testified before UN Special Rapporteur Radhika Coomaraswamy that she was abd*ucted by the Japanese military.
⚫︎A former Korean comfort woman Mun Oku-chu said in her memoir:
"I was recruited by a Korean comfort station owner. I saved a considerable amount of money from tips, so I opened a saving account. I could not believe that I could have so much money in my saving account. One of my friends collected many jewels, so I went and bought a diamond. I often went to see Japanese movies and Kabuki plays in which players came from the mainland Japan. I became a popular woman in Rangoon. There were a lot more officers in Rangoon than near the frontlines, so I was invited to many parties. I sang songs at parties and received lots of tips. I put on a pair of high heels, a green coat and carried an alligator leather handbag. I swaggered about in a fashionable dress. No one in town could guess that I was a comfort woman. I felt very happy and proud. I received permission to return home, but I didn't want to go back to Korea. I wanted to stay in Rangoon."
According to Professor Ahn Byong Jik of Seoul University, Mun Oku-chu continued to work as a pros***ute in Korea after the war.
Yet she testified before UN Special Rapporteur Radhika Coomaraswamy that she was abd*ucted by the Japanese military.
⚫︎ In an interview with Korean newspaper The Hankyoreh (the artcile was published on May 15th, 1991) a former Korean comfort woman Kim Hak-sun said that she was sold by her mother.
In 1993 Kim Hak-sun told Professor Ahn Byong Jik of Seoul University, "My mother sent me to train as a Kiseng in Pyongyang and then sold me."
Yet she testified before UN Special Rapporteur Radhika Coomaraswamy that she was abd*ucted by the Japanese military.
⚫︎ In 1993 a former Korean comfort woman Kim Gun-ja told Professor Ahn Byong Jik of Seoul University, "I was sold by my foster father."
Yet she testified before UN Special Rapporteur Radhika Coomaraswamy that she was abd*ucted by the Japanese military.
Kim Gun-ja also testified before United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs in 2007 and said she was abd*ucted by the Japanese military.
⚫︎ In 1993 a former Korean comfort woman Lee Yong-soo told Professor Ahn Byong Jik of Seoul University, "At the time I was shabbily dressed and wretched. On the day I left home with my friend Kim Pun-sun without telling my mother, I was wearing a black skirt, a cotton shirt and wooden clogs on my feet. You don't know how pleased I was when I received a red dress and a pair of leather shoes from a Korean recruiter."
Yet she testified before UN Special Rapporteur Radhika Coomaraswamy that she was abd*ucted by the Japanese military.
Lee Yong-soo also testified before United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs in 2007. She was told that she had five minutes to speak. She ignored the instruction and went on for over one hour putting on a performance of crying and screaming. Her false testimony resulted in the passage of United States House of Representatives House Resolution 121.
In 2017 Lee Yong-soo gave false testimonies before San Francisco City Council, which resulted in the erection of a comfort women statue in that city.
⚫︎ In 1993 a former Korean comfort woman Kil Won-ok told Professor Ahn Byong Jik of Seoul University, "I was sold by my parents."
Yet she testified before UN Special Rapporteur Radhika Coomaraswamy that she was abd*ucted by the Japanese military.
⚫︎ According to several witnesses, Korean Council (pro-North activist group) coached women to say "I was abd*ucted by the Japanese military."
Professor Ahn Byong Jik of Seoul University says, "When I interviewed former comfort women in the early 1990s, none of them had anything bad to say about the Japanese military. They hated their parents who sold them and Korean comfort station owners who mistreated them. But after Korean Council put them on its payroll, their testimonies had completely changed."
⚫︎ A former Korean comfort woman Sim Mi-ja who refused to be on Korean Council's payroll said, "The Korean women, who testified before UN Special Rapporteur, lied on behalf of Korean Council. They are swi*ndlers"
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RESEARCH REPORT NO. 120, dated 15 November 1945, contains a number of translated Japanese military regulations on brothels. The research report was by ATIS (Allied Translator and Interpreter Section), Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers. Some parts of interest were covered under Allied Reports. Manila. Extract from a translation of a bound booklet titled, “Rules for Restaurants and Houses of Prostitution,” issued in Feb 43, by Lt Col Onishi, Manila Direct Lines Squad. Under General Regulations: Para 3: “If and when various managers meet with difficulties, the officer in charge of Manila sector may either close the business or temporarily suspend it. In each case, they will present a statement for recompense for any losses or for any other inconveniences.” Under Part 2, Business Operations: Para 6: “Persons receiving permission to open business will thereupon determine the number of personnel needed, and will submit three copies of their personnel list…, one copy of the personal histories of employees,…” Para 7: “Managers intending to change the personnel of their establishment must secure the permission of…. Hostesses, geishas and waitresses wishing to leave the establishment must submit a request…. When the hostesses, geisha and waitresses are to be replaced, a request for permission to do so must be submitted….” Para 8: “Managers intending to increase the number of hostesses, geisha and waitresses, maids and others will so inform…. Permission is necessary before anyone joins the establishment.” Para 9: “…managers who cannot maintain discipline will be removed.” Para 10: “Hostesses, geishas, waitresses, maids may, as a general rule, may be rehired at the expiration of their contract.” “Those wishing to continue their employment will so notify….” When the medical authorities consider it suitable to discontinue the services of anyone for reasons of health, they will notify…. The latter will facilitate the return home of such persons.”
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Para 9: “…managers who cannot maintain discipline will be removed.” Para 10: “Hostesses, geishas, waitresses, maids may, as a general rule, may be rehired at the expiration of their contract.” “Those wishing to continue their employment will so notify….” When the medical authorities consider it suitable to discontinue the services of anyone for reasons of health, they will notify…. The latter will facilitate the return home of such persons.” Para 16: “Half of the income of hostesses will be allocated to the managers.” Para 19: “Expenses of food, light, charcoal and bedding for hostesses (geishas and waitresses) will be the responsibility of the managers.” Para 21: “As far as possible, managers will encourage hostesses (geishas and waitresses) to save money.” Para 30: “Hostesses (prostitutes and waitresses)…are forbidden to have intercourse beyond the premise of the house of relaxation. They must have the permission of …to attend parties for soldiers and civilians.” Para 34: “Entry to or permission to use the facilities of the house of relaxation may be refused to the following persons: a. Intoxicated person. b. Persons carrying liquor. c. Persons who may exert bad influence.” Under Part Six – Regulations for Special Clubs. Para 11. “The officer in charge of Manila Sector for Communication Duties, will, as a general rule, not permit the employment of minors as geisha or waitresses. In certain circumstances, however, minors may be employed as maids.” Manila Air Depot. Translation of bound mimeographed and hand-written regulations on the use of its brothel. Dates of all files are from Aug 44 to Oct 44. The file on brothel regulation contains the following: Para 4b: “There must be no acts of violence or drunkenness, nor any unreasonable demands made of the house employees.” Para 5: “Anyone violating the above rules will thereafter be denied entrance to the house.”
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