Another 'comfort woman' dies; now only 34 living

By Park Si-soo

A former “comfort woman” died on Wednesday. Now only 34 Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery for Japan’s troops during World War II are alive.

The woman’s name and other personal information will not be made public at her family’s request, the Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan said.

“She went to sleep without any problem last night,” a council official said. “She was found dead in the morning.”

The official said the woman was drafted by the Japanese military when she was 17 and underwent “unimaginable pain and abuses” in Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar. She never married because of severe mental trauma.

“Her life was extremely tough,” the official said. “I will pray for her permanent rest in peace.”