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Kim Hak-sun (1924–1997) was a Korean human rights activist who campaigned against sex slavery and wartime sexual violence.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: Beijing, Cholera, Comfort women, Division of Korea, Imperial Japanese Army, Jilin, Kim (Korean surname), Kisaeng, Korea, Myocardial infarction, North Korea, Pacific War, Pansori, Philippines, Pyongyang, Republic of China (1912–1949), Seoul, Sexual slavery, Singapore, Wartime sexual violence, Wednesday demonstration.

  2. Comfort women
  3. Korean human rights activists

Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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Comfort women

Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II.

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Division of Korea

The division of Korea began on August 15, 1945 when the official announcement of the surrender of Japan was released, thus ending the Pacific Theater of World War II.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.

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Jilin

Jilin is one of the three provinces of Northeast China.

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Kim (Korean surname)

Kim is the most common surname in Korea.

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Kisaeng

Kisaeng, also called ginyeo, were enslaved women from outcast or enslaved families who were trained to be courtesans, providing artistic entertainment and conversation to men of upper class. Kim Hak-sun and Kisaeng are Comfort women.

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Korea

Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.

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Myocardial infarction

A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.

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North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.

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Pacific War

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.

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Pansori

() is a Korean genre of musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Pyongyang

Pyongyang (Hancha: 平壤, Korean: 평양) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution".

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Republic of China (1912–1949)

The Republic of China (ROC), or simply China, as a sovereign state was based on mainland China from 1912 to 1949, when the government retreated to Taiwan, where it continues to be based.

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Seoul

Seoul, officially Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea.

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Sexual slavery

Sexual slavery and sexual exploitation is an attachment of any ownership right over one or more people with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in sexual activities.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Wartime sexual violence

Wartime sexual violence is rape or other forms of sexual violence committed by combatants during an armed conflict, war, or military occupation often as spoils of war, but sometimes, particularly in ethnic conflict, the phenomenon has broader sociological motives.

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Wednesday demonstration

Wednesday demonstration (translit), officially named Wednesday Demonstration demanding Japan to redress the Comfort Women problems (일본군 위안부 문제 해결을 위한 정기 수요시위), is a weekly protest in South Korea which aims at obtaining justice from the Japanese government regarding the large scale sexual slavery system established under Imperial Japan rule during World War II (its victims are commonly known under the euphemism "comfort women"). Kim Hak-sun and Wednesday demonstration are Comfort women.

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See also

Comfort women

Korean human rights activists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Hak-sun

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