Life As A โComfort Womanโ: Story of Kim Bok-Dong | STAY CURIOUS #9
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Channel: Asian Boss
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Length: 18min 15sec (1095 seconds)
Published: Sat Oct 27 2018
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Things which stuck with me:
It was continuous for ~9 hours.
She's 92 yet one of the last surviving comfort women because she was 4-5 years younger than everyone else when she was taken.
She regrets speaking out because it hasn't achieved much when compared to the suffering.
Laments that she still can't find peace because those responsible still won't apologise and are dragging it out.
Humanity sucks. Because while hearing about this happening during WWII I'm well aware it's still going on, and worse, while we all stand still. What horrors will we be hearing about decades from now?
Germany shows you can be open and acknowledging of War crimes. It does not prevent success or good relationships with related countries. It's a shame that's not a thing for all governments. Probably a cultural thing as well though. Japan trying to keep their perceived honor, as is important there.
I think it is important that these events are properly documented so future generations donโt get fed โalternative factsโ. There is a museum dedicated to the Rape of Nanjing in Nanjing. It was extremely well built and walked visitors through the atrocities that happened. Strongly recommend if youโre ever in Nanjing to block off an entire day to read through that.
Watching that was like a gut punch. I had no idea. I'm so glad I saw it, that they interviewed this brave woman. I am horrified for these women - I feel nauseated.
There's a museum in Taipei, Taiwan dedicated to this very topic. It's really well done - informative, cool design, and great cafe. It's called the Ama Museum and I recommend checking it out if you're ever in Taipei.
Rape of Nanking. Going to spread these three words till I die.
My heart goes out to these ladies. What a horrifying experience, truly amazes me how people can just lose their touch of humanity... how were their screams blood and toil go unheard for so many years? Absolutely horrifying.
I only found out a few years ago that when my mom was a young girl in Vienna after WW2 that the Russian's did the same there to her. When they ended their occupation of Austria they forcibly took 25,000 young women with them back to Russia to serve in the same role and to service Soviet military officers. She was one of them until the early 1950"s when she met my dad who was a very high ranking Soviet official. He defected soon after and took her with him. He passed away when I was young and she never told my brother, me or anyone until she was dying of heart failure. She told one women her story who a few years ago told my brother.
San Francisco's "sister city" in Japan, Osaka, keeps moving towards breaking that relationship if SF doesn't take down their "Comfort Women" statue - https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/Japanese-mayor-cuts-ties-between-SF-and-Osaka-13279584.php