According to the House of Sharing in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, where some of
the former comfort women live, on October 29 it will start assembling some of
the women's testimony to try to resolve the issue. The testimony will be
presented during simultaneuos tours of about 20 places in South Korea and
Japan. The former comfort women that will be participating in person will split
up to begin their tours on November 19.
In Korea, the women's assemblies will take place in Seoul, South and North
Gyeongsang Provinces, Busan, South and North Jeolla Provinces, and Gangwon
Province. In Japan, they will be held in Kyoto, Kanagawa, Osaka, Hiroshima,
Fukuoka, and Okinawa.
Lee Ok-seon, Kang Il-chul, and Kim Gun-ja, who live at the House of Sharing and
Lee Yong-su, who lives in Daegu, will give lectures.
An Sin-gwon, leader of the house, said, "The problem of sex slavery should be
resolved while the victims are still alive. We plan to let people know that the
Japanese government should officially apologize to the victims and give them
sufficient legal compensation."
The women took similar tours to Japanese cities in 2004 and 2005.
