Moon Ok-ju
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1923
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| Died |
26th October, 1996
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Moon Ok-ju (Korean: 문옥주; 1924 – 26 October 1996) was a South Korean
comfort woman during the Japanese occupation of Korea in World War II. After the war, Moon testified publicly about her experience and life as a comfort woman. Her testimony created controversy about whether she was truly a comfort woman or if she was a prostitute because she received payments for her work. Ultimately, Moon's testimony challenged the idea that she was a prostitute because she gave firsthand accounts of how she was deceived and forced into this work. Her testimony helped lead other comfort women to speak out, which contributed to public recognition of comfort women, to a formal apology from the Japanese government, and to some comfort women receiving compensation for the damage caused.
