Kim Bok Dong - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Jan 01, 0001 Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea Died on 28 Jan 2019 (aged 2018)

South Korean activist

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About Kim Bok Dong

  • Kim Bok-dong (19 April 1926 – 28 January 2019) was among many young women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army.
  • She later became a Korean human rights activist who campaigned against sexual slavery and war rape.
  • She was one of many young women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military; a military that systematically recruited girls between the ages of 10 to 18 years of age from colonized and occupied countries from the 1930s until the end of World War II.
  • From age 14, she was imprisoned in comfort stations for eight years across different countries in Asia.
  • Her experiences evoked in her a feminist consciousness and led her to become a strong activist, advocating the end of war-time sexual violence, anti-imperialism, workers' rights, and inter-Korean reconciliation.
  • Along with the other so-called "comfort women", she has made the three-fold demand from the Japanese government: a formal state-level apology, reparations, and correction of Japanese history (including amending Japanese history textbooks to include the truth of the "comfort women" issue).
  • In addition, Kim Bok-dong herself also supported other "comfort women" to step forward, and was a leader and spokesperson in the "comfort women" movement.
  • Kim Bok-dong died in Seoul, South Korea, in hospital.

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