Minister Jeong Young-ae Visits Planned Exhibition Site for Japanese Military Comfort Women Victims

Visiting the Comfort Women Victims Special Exhibition 'I Was Sixteen'

Minister Jeong Young-ae of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is greeting grandmother Lee Yong-soo, a victim of the Japanese military sexual slavery, at a restaurant near Gwanghwamun, Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 1st.

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] Jung Young-ae, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, will visit the site of a special exhibition addressing the issue of comfort women victims on the 30th.

On this day, Minister Jung will visit the Korea Manhwa Museum located in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, to view the special exhibition on comfort women victims titled "I Was Sixteen."

The exhibition runs until June 30 and is composed of four sections: ▲Testimonies ▲Truth ▲History ▲Records. It displays comics, animations, augmented reality (AR) works related to the Japanese military comfort women issue, award-winning works from youth contests, related timelines, and photos of the victims.

As part of the memorial projects for Japanese military comfort women victims, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has annually exhibited historical materials related to comfort women victims, drawings and photos created by the victims themselves, and materials related to movements for resolving the comfort women issue since 2017.

The exhibition can also be viewed using virtual reality (VR) techniques on the Korea Manhwa Museum website. To allow people worldwide to visit, the exhibition provides explanations in four languages (Korean, English, Chinese, German) and barrier-free docent videos accessible to people with hearing and visual impairments. Exhibition catalogs, leaflets, and QR code stickers are available at over 80 locations including Korean cultural centers, domestic and international women’s (history) museums, and human rights museums.

Minister Jung Young-ae of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family stated, "The issue of Japanese military ‘comfort women’ is a fact already recognized through testimonies and historical materials as wartime sexual violence. We plan to expand various commemorative projects, including related special exhibitions, to protect the dignity and honor of the victims." She added, "I hope this will serve as an opportunity for the current and future generations to recognize and empathize with the issue of Japanese military ‘comfort women’ victims as a universal women’s human rights issue."

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