Photo: Seoul Metropolitan Government (KOGL)
War and Women's Human Rights Museum
전쟁과여성인권박물관
Museum · Mapo-gu
A space that remembers and teaches the history endured by surviving victims of the Japanese military's "comfort women" system and works toward resolving the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery. Even today it is happening
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