‘Comfort Woman,’ Activist Gil Won-ok Dies at 97

SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Gil Won-ok, a former sex slave for Japanese troops who campaigned to raise awareness of the World War II atrocity, died Sunday, the gender equality ministry said. She was 97. Gil was 13 years old when she was taken from her home in Pyongyang, now the capital of North [...]