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Kim Bok-dong

1926–2019 - her testimony amplified a movement for justice for wartime sexual violence survivors worldwide

Kim Bok-dong carried the weight of silence for half a century. As a teenager, she was forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army — one of thousands of Korean girls euphemistically called ‘comfort women.’ In the 1990s, she broke her silence, standing on the streets of Seoul every Wednesday to demand apology and justice. Kim turned personal pain into political fire, transforming shame into solidarity. Her voice made history clear: survival is resistance, and truth is power.

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