Victims of sexual slavery to hold internation

Women seek official apology, compensation from Japanese government.

Former so-called "comfort women," who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, will launch another tour in South Korea and Japan to let people know about their suffering and to ask for an official apology and compensation from the Japanese government.

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.