Ministry of Gender Equality and Family: "We Will Actively Listen to Opinions to Restore the Honor of Comfort Women Grandmothers"

Ministry of Gender Equality and Family "Deep Regret Over Defamation Cases Against Comfort Women Victims"

Grandmother Lee Yong-soo, a surviving victim of the Japanese military sexual slavery, is holding a press conference on the 16th at the Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, urging that the issue of the Japanese military sexual slavery be referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for judgment. This press conference comes four months after her appeal in October last year in Berlin, Germany, to protect the "Statue of Peace." Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced on the 16th that it will actively listen to opinions to restore the dignity and honor of the grandmothers in relation to Grandmother Lee Yong-soo's request to refer the Japanese military comfort women issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

On the same day, Grandmother Lee Yong-soo held a press conference urging President Moon Jae-in and the public to refer the Japanese military comfort women issue to the ICJ for judgment according to international law. She strongly criticized Harvard Law School professor Mark Ramseyer for labeling comfort women as voluntary prostitutes, saying, "Japan had the professor lie."

In response, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family expressed deep regret over the recent Harvard professor's paper and Media Watch's defamation cases against Japanese military comfort women victims, emphasizing, "We hope that no further acts that damage the dignity and honor of the victims will occur."

The ministry added, "We will actively promote systematic research and commemorative projects regarding the victims of the Japanese military comfort women."

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