© Anthony Wallace/FileA building slated for demolition that was once a clinic for sex workers hired to serve US soldiers in South Korea
Dongducheon • September 2024
Dongducheon • September 2024
Historians and activists say tens of thousands of South Korean women worked for state-sanctioned brothels from the 1950s to 1980s, serving US troops stationed in country to protect the South from North Korea.
In 2022, South Korea's top court ruled that the government had illegally "established, managed and operated" such brothels for the US military, ordering it to pay around 120 plaintiffs compensation.
Last week, 117 victims filed a fresh lawsuit, this time officially accusing -- and seeking an apology from -- the US military, for the first time. The lawsuit seeks 10 million won ($7,200) in compensation per victim.
Unlike the better-known "comfort women" used by Japanese soldiers until the end of World War II, those who worked for the US troops have received relatively limited attention, largely due to Washington being Seoul's key and longtime security ally.
Comment: What has been terrifying to observe on social media is the number of teachers, doctors, nurses, and social workers who have joined in the frenzy. The very people who comprise the "helping professions." The judiciary is just as bad. It is living documentation of the decades-long capture of the education system by the radical left. The Long March is real.