Grainy black and white video shows seven bare-footed women outside a brick house said to be used as a military-run brothel. One woman in a dirty blouse talks to a Chinese officer while others stare nervously at the ground as US-China forces liberate them.
Another woman who appears to be pregnant gently touches her bump, unaware of their fate. Until now photographs and accounts from survivors - labelled "comfort women" by Japanese forces using the "comfort stations" - have been the only records of Korean sex slaves despite intense attempts to find evidence.
But following a two year trawl through archives, researchers uncovered the footage appearing to show sex slaves at Songshan, in China's Yunnan Province in when U. A team from Seoul University and Seoul Government matched the footage outside the building to pictures and identified the women by their clothes and facial appearance. SungKongHoe University professor Kang Sung-hyun, who participated in the study, said: "Their appearance, such as the bare feet, suggest they were enslaved.
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You can unsubscribe at any time. Read our Privacy Policy. As unfortunate history must also be recorded and remembered so that it is not repeated. Professor Kang said that the footage was discovered at the U. National Archives and Records Administration where it had been gathering dust for some 70 years. The clip tied in with wartime records showing a dozen sex slaves being captured in Songshan by the allied forces in September The allied forces interrogated them before they were released back to the Koreans in The women and the place captured in the clip also matched those shown in a set of photos taken by Edwards C.
