List of former comfort women

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Portrait of Jan Ruff O'Herne taken at Bandoeng, Java, shortly before the Japanese invasion in March 1942

This is a list of people who were compelled into becoming prostitutes for the Japanese Imperial Army as "comfort women" during World War II.[1]

Several decades after the end of the war, a number of former comfort women demanded formal apologies and a compensation from the Government of Japan, with varying levels of success.[2]

## Dutch East Indies

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* Jan Ruff O'Herne (1923–2019)[3]
* Ellen van der Ploeg (1923–2013)[4]

## Korea

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* Kim Hak-sun (1924–1997)[5]
* Song Sin-do (1922–2017)[6]
* Gil Won-ok (1928–)
* Kim Bok-dong (1924–2019)[7]
* Lee Yong-soo (1928–)
* Yoo Hee-nam (1927–)[8]
* Kim Kyung-soon (1926–2016)[9]
* Kim Soon-duk (1921–2004)

## Taiwan

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* Liu Huang A-tao (1923–2011)[10]

## The Philippines

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* Rosa Henson (1927–1997)
* Walterina Markova (1924–2005)

## See also

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* Comfort Women
* Asian Women's Fund
* Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager
* List of human rights activists
* List of slaves
* War rape
* Statue of Peace

## References

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1. ^ "Comfort women". Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
2. ^ "South Korean 'comfort women' get no new compensation, says PM Noda". Japan Daily Press. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
3. ^ "'Comfort woman' who was repeatedly raped by Japanese troops dies at 96". The Age. Australian Associated Press. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
4. ^ "Japan: 'Comfort Women' European Speaking Tour". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2013. "Ellen van der Ploeg, 84, from the Netherlands. During World War II, she lived with her family in the former Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Between 1943 and 1946, date at which she was liberated, Ellen lived in five different internment camps. When she was working in one of the camps, she was turned over to a comfort station by the Imperial Japanese forces. Soldiers would cut her food rationing if she did not work hard enough. They also ignored orders to use condoms, which led to her contracting a venereal disease."
5. ^ "Former 'Comfort Women' Hold 1,000th Protest at Japanese Embassy". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
6. ^ "Comfort Woman Film Touches Japan". The Korea Times. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
7. ^ "The sex slave who refused to be silenced". BBC News. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
8. ^ KH디지털2 (2016-07-10). "Number of surviving Korean sex slavery victims falls to 40". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2022-07-30.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
9. ^ "'Comfort woman' and activist dies at 90; 44 remain". Korea JoongAng Daily. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
10. ^ "Profile: Taiwanese former 'comfort woman' dies before apology". Taipei Times. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2011-09-22.