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🇰🇷 🇺🇸 More than 100 South Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for US soldiers stationed in the country have filed a landmark lawsuit accusing Washington of abuse, their lawyers said on Tuesday, September 9.

Historians and activists say tens of thousands of South Korean women worked for state-sanctioned brothels from the 1950s to 1980s, serving US troops stationed in the country to protect the South from North Korea.

In 2022, South Korea's top court ruled that the government had illegally "established, managed and operated" such brothels for the US military, ordering it to pay around 120 plaintiffs compensation.

Last week, 117 victims filed a fresh lawsuit, this time officially accusing and seeking an apology from the US military, for the first time. The lawsuit seeks 10 million won ($7,200) in compensation per victim.

Unlike the better-known "comfort women" used by Japanese soldiers until the end of World War II, those who worked for the US troops have received relatively limited attention, largely due to Washington being Seoul's key and longtime security ally.

The economy surrounding military brothels in US base towns, including restaurants, barbershops and bars catering to American GIs, made up about 25% of South Korea's GDP during the 1960s and 70s, according to historians.

"I still cannot forget being beaten by US soldiers, slapped for lowering my head while pouring drinks, for not smiling, or for no reason at all," one of the plaintiffs, in her 60s and who did not wish to give her name, said in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

She said she was only 17 when she was tricked into the job – she thought she was going to be a bartender, but was forced into sex work and told she could not leave due to her "debt."

"Every night we were dragged to US soldiers and sexually abused. Every week we were forced to undergo venereal disease tests.

If there was the slightest abnormality, we were locked in a small room and injected with a thick needle of strong penicillin," she said. "The shots were so harsh that my legs gave out and I couldn't even walk."

In a joint statement, women's rights activists supporting the victims said the US military "ignored the South Korean Constitution" and stripped the women of their personal freedom and "destroyed their lives."

The suit names the South Korean government as the defendant, since under existing laws Seoul must compensate victims of illegal acts committed by US soldiers on duty and later seek reimbursement from Washington, lawyers said.

"This lawsuit seeks to hold both the South Korean government and the US military authorities jointly liable for the unlawful acts," lawyer Ha Ju-hee told AFP.

The United States still stations around 28,500 troops in South Korea.

Sonnobax15:

"Was tricked....She thought she was going in,for the job of a bartender, unknowingly to her that she was being lured into prostitution".....

Poor journalism at its peak!!! Why not just say it was human trafficking . Ohhh,since it isn't about Nigerian soldiers, y'all decided to beat around the bush instead of saying it the way it ought to be said...

Kaliningrad:
South Koreans are nothing more than a slave to America. They pay the US yearly to protect them from an imaginary enemy, still get raped and beaten in thier own country.

The worst part is their opinion does not count in the world today.

Look at North Korea. Strong, proud, feared and respected in the world stage. No one dares fvck with them.

Kaliningrad:
South Koreans are nothing more than a slave to America. They pay the US yearly to protect them from an imaginary enemy, still get raped and beaten in thier own country.

The worst part is their opinion does not count in the world today.

Look at North Korea. Strong, proud, feared and respected in the world stage. No one dares fvck with them.

Kaliningrad:
South Koreans are nothing more than a slave to America. They pay the US yearly to protect them from an imaginary enemy, still get raped and beaten in thier own country.

The worst part is their opinion does not count in the world today.

Look at North Korea. Strong, proud, feared and respected in the world stage. No one dares fvck with them.

Kaliningrad:
South Koreans are nothing more than a slave to America. They pay the US yearly to protect them from an imaginary enemy, still get raped and beaten in thier own country.

The worst part is their opinion does not count in the world today.

Look at North Korea. Strong, proud, feared and respected in the world stage. No one dares fvck with them.

Sonnobax15:

"Was tricked....She thought she was going in,for the job of a bartender, unknowingly to her that she was being lured into prostitution".....

Poor journalism at its peak!!! Why not just say it was human trafficking . Ohhh,since it isn't about Nigerian soldiers, y'all decided to beat around the bush instead of saying it the way it ought to be said...

Guestmale:
If south Koreans are slaves to America what is north Koreans to Russia

https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-seoul-says-2000-north-korean-troops-killed/live-73844989

Kaliningrad:
South Koreans are nothing more than a slave to America. They pay the US yearly to protect them from an imaginary enemy, still get raped and beaten in thier own country.

The worst part is their opinion does not count in the world today.

Look at North Korea. Strong, proud, feared and respected in the world stage. No one dares fvck with them.

11doubledee:
"Like Russia share for putin"
Will you go to North Korea or pray any of your generation or loved ones find their way into this present North Korea?
Just honestly answer yourself
Hypocrisy at it's highest

11doubledee:
"Like Russia share for putin"
Will you go to North Korea or pray any of your generation or loved ones find their way into this present North Korea?
Just honestly answer yourself
Hypocrisy at it's highest

Smartguyboy:
Always slave mentality

Nobody is raping them women