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WTF!? Footage of Lee Yong-soo filmed in 1992 is now found, in which she testified that she became #ComfortWoman just because she followed a man who gave her a dress and shoes, NOT because she was tricked or abducted by force by Imperial Japanese Army??🙄
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Here is the footage filmed on Aug 15th, 1992 at KBS. That seems a little bit ironic that the announcer reconfirmed that she became #ComfortWoman NOT because she was abducted by force by Imperial Japanese Army, but she just followed a man by her own will🐰
I want you to remember that Lee Yong-soo has once revealed when she was having infighting with the Korean Council that #ComfortWomen are not #SexSlaves, and the term "sex slave" is used for the women because they wanted to draw more attention from the US🙄
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Biggest story in #SouthKorea today is Lee Yong-Su, former "#ComfortWoman" who exposed Yoon Mi-Hyang, former head of the civic support group, of systematic embezzlement. This THREAD is on Yoon's husband. A tale of spies, jail term, reinstatement, blackmail. tinyurl.com/ydaclhf8
In 1993 Kim Sam-Seok (KIM), Yoon's husband, & KIM's sister were indicted for violation of SK's National Security Law; in particular, receiving cash from Hantongryeon (재일한국민주통일연합), a front for #DPRK, & transferring mil. secrets to NK during several visits to Japan. 2/
KIM reportedly received 600,000 Yen (roughly USD 6000 USD) & Ms. Kim 200,000 Yen. In July 1994, a Superior Court sentenced KIM to 4 years imprisonment. Ms Kim got 3 year suspended sentence (2 year probation with no jail term). Both defendants appealed to the Supreme Court. 3/
