Remember 'comfort women' with bracelets
By Park Si-soo
/ Courtesy of Justice Memory Foundation
A non-profit foundation has produced rubber bracelets to remember Korean women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II.
The organization, whose Korean name can roughly be translated into “Justice Memory Foundation,” said it will begin selling the bracelets from Monday. They were designed to remember the bitter hardship tens of thousands Koreans faced as “comfort women.”
The bracelet is available in seven colors –- yellow, orange, green, sky blue, white, red and purple. Each contains a strong message from former comfort women, such as “Bring back my youth,” “I will not step back,” “This is a problem the world should know” and “I want my kids to live in a peaceful world.”
The bracelet will be sold through the foundation’s website:
https://foundationforjustice.org
and during the weekly “Wednesday rally” in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. Proceeds from the event will be used to help surviving former comfort women and for related issues. As of Sunday, there are 37 survivors, mostly in her 80-90s.
For more information, call the foundation on 02-336-1228.