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'Comfort women': Last known Taiwanese survivor dies at 92

2023-05-23 16:45
Activists estimate 200,000 people were forced into sexual slavery by Japan's forces in World War Two.
'Comfort women': Last known Taiwanese survivor dies at 92

The last known Taiwanese "comfort woman" from World War Two has died aged 92, says a Taipei anti-sex trafficking group.

"Comfort women" refers to those forced to work in the Japanese army's wartime brothels between 1932 and 1945.

Activists estimate 200,000 people from the occupied territories...