PHOTOS Ex-comfort woman Kwak Ye-nam laid to rest

The framed portrait of late Kwak Ye-nam, forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II, lies next to a bronze statue symbolizing “comfort women,” during a memorial service in Damyang, South Jeolla Province, Monday. Kwak died on Saturday, aged 94, after suffering from chronic pneumonia since 2015. Kwak was forced into sexual slavery in 1944 at age 19, during Japan's occupation of the Korean Peninsula (1910-45) and returned to Korea in 2004 after living in China for 60 years. Her death has reduced the number of surviving victims of the Japan-led sexual slavery system to 22. Yonhap

Mourners lay chrysanthemums before Kwak's portrait while paying tribute to her. Yonhap

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A human rights activist sobs while speaking to mourners. Yonhap

A memorial alter at a funeral parlor in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Monday

A wreath from President Moon Jae-in stands next to the altar. Yonhap

Kwak Ye-nam talks with President Moon Jae-in at her residence in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, last August. Yonhap