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Arguably the most brutal crime committed by the Japanese military during the Asia-Pacific war was the forced mobilization of 50,000 to 200,000 Asian women to military brothels to sexually serve Japanese soldiers.
Korean “Comfort Women” explores Korean comfort women’s brutal experiences and their residual marriage, family, economic, and healthcare problems. It also examines the transnational redress movement, demonstrating that the Japanese government has tried to conceal the crime of sexual slavery by resolving the issue with money alone.
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Chronology
Introduction: Background Information about Japanese Military Sexual Slavery and the Redress Movement for the Victims
1 Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks
2 Enough Information, but the Issue Was Buried for Half a Century
3 The Emergence of the "Comfort Women" Issue and Victims' Breaking Silence
4 General Information about the "Comfort Women" System
5 Forced Mobilization of "Comfort Women"
6 Payments of Fees and Affectionate Relationships
7 Sexual Exploitation, Violence, and Threats at "Comfort Stations"
8 The Perils of Korean "Comfort Women's" Homecoming Trips
9 Korean "Comfort Women's" Lives in Korea and China
10 Progress of the Redress Movement in Korea
11 Divided Responses to the Redress Movement in Japan
12 Responses to the Redress Movement in the United States
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index
About the author
PYONG GAP MIN is a distinguished professor of sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, as well as the director of the Research Center for Korean Community. He is the author of five books and the editor or co-editor of fourteen books, including the award-winning
Caught in the Middle: Korean Communities in New York and Los Angeles and
Preserving Ethnicity through Religion in America: Korean Protestants and Indian Hindus across Generations.
