Anchor: Another South Korean victim of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery has passed away. Her death leaves only 39 people survivors who can bear witness to what still remains a traumatic event for South Koreans after more than 70 years.  
Ro Aram has more.

Report: Park Sook-yi, who suffered an arduous sexual slavery at the hands of Japanese soldiers during World War II, passed away on Tuesday evening. She was 93.

Park was abducted by the Japanese military at the age of 16 from the seashore in her hometown where she was digging out clams.  

She was taken to Nagoya and then to Manchuria in China, where she had to endure the suffering for six years.

[Sound bite: Late Park Suk-i - South Korean victim of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery (Korean / Aug., 2015)]
“I was so scared when they told me to become comfort woman when I was 16. They would beat me if I don't hear them."

Even after Korea's liberation from Japan’s 35-year colonial rule in 1945, she was not able to return to home immediately due to her status as a comfort woman for the Japanese Army. She eventually came back but only after spending seven more years in Manchuria.

Last year, her hometown of Namhae County in South Gyeongsang Province built a park named after her to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan.

A total of 238 people had registered themselves with the South Korean government as the victims of Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement.

Only 39 of them remain alive still waiting to hear a heartfelt apology from Tokyo.
Ro Aram, KBS World Radio News.