ABSTRACT
Chapter 3 analyses grassroots’ concerns about the Japanese military “comfort women,” who were forcibly recruited to military “comfort stations” during the Second World War. Gyeongsang-Namdo Province had the greatest number of victims of this type of forced labour. Citizens of Tongyeong and Geoje cities in Gyeongsang-Namdo Province developed a website to support the victims from the communities. The website represents the contemporary citizens’ nationalism and national identities with reference to the crimes committed by imperial Japan and the community’s efforts to seek redress. South Korea’s advanced economic status and increasing power in the international community make important elements in the efforts.
