Korean professor to release application to raise awareness on sex slaves

An elderly lady once forced to be sex slavery by Japanese rulers speaks during a hearing in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), August 12, 2010. A hearing about the crimes Japan commited during its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula was held here by the Countermeasure to Issues of Comfort Women and Impressment Victims Committee of DPRK here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhao Zhan

Seo Kyong Dok, South Korean professor at Sungshin’s Women University, said of his plans to release a smart phone application to raise awareness on the issue of Japanese sexual salvation during the war.

In his statement to Yonhap News Agency he said that the application will include pictures, video files, as well as data on relevant locations such as Okinawa in Japan and Shanghai in China.

Seo is also known for his role in coming out with the campaigns promoting Dokdo island off the far east coast of South Korea. He said that the application is expected to be available during the first months of the new year on iPhone and android smartphones.

This is part of Seo’s efforts to spread the true historical truth of sex slavery victims.

Only 238 women have been registered with the South Korean government as former sex slaves, though historians estimate that more than 200,000 women, mostly Koreans, were forced to work at front-line brothels for Japanese soldiers during the war.