Contest "Hapchang"

Contest "Hapchang"

Main goal of this contest is to encourage growing generations' interest in Japanese military slavery and to establish historical awareness.

Fields: Music (Playing musical instruments, singing etc)

             Art (Drawing, sculpture etc)

             Performance (Musical, Play, Dancing etc)

             PPT (Presentation for Education or Promotion etc)

Contestants:  Elementary, Middle School, High School, University/Graduate Students

                        (Foreign students living in Korea can also apply)

                         One group should consist of 10 or less members per group.

Deadline for registration: June 30th Monday (Korean time)

Contents: A new creation not released in Korea or abroad, which can inform about Japanese 

                  military slavery worldwide

How to apply: Download an application form from the E-museum for the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery, National Women's History Exhibition Hall.

- Fill out your application form and submit it with your pictures or videos of your creation to the website below.

*E-museum for the Victims of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery (http://hermuseum.go.kr)

*YouTube (www.youtube.com)

*National Women's History Exhibition Hall (http://eherstory.mogef.go.kr)

※ You must type in [일본군위안부평화콘서트 합창] before your title to upload a video on YouTube.

Submitted form: Pictures or Video

Music_*.mp3, *.wma

Art_ *.jpg, *.jpeg

Performance_ *.avi, *.wmv

PPT_ *.ppt, *.pptx

Judging: There will be judges in two rounds. 

For the second round, your original creation will be evaluated. 

Criteria for Judging: Clarity of Message (Relevance to the theme, Easy to understand etc), Originality, utility, etc.

For more information, go to E-museum for the Victims of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery

( http://hermuseum.go.kr )   National Women's History Exhibition Hall ( http://eherstory.mogef.go.kr) 

The truth of Japanese Military Slavery

Japanese Troops waiting for their turns at a comfort station  Image from E- Museum for the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery​

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What is Japanese Military Comfort Women?

 “Japanese military comfort women” refer to women who were forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese militaryin “comfort stations” established under the pretext of conducting the war efficiently from the period between the time right after Japan staged the Manchuria Incident on September 18, 1931, and 1945 when Japan was defeated in the Pacific War.

-How many women were involved?

Currently, the exact totals of the numbers of women mobilized as comfort women are not available, as systematic data indicating the numbers of mobilized comfort women have not been discovered as yet. Some scholars estimated the total number of comfort women victims based on various testimonies or historical materials indicating the Japanese military`s plan on the ratio of the number of soldiers to the number comfort women. Various opinions have been presented on the total numbers of comfort women, which varies extensively among scholars, ranging from a minimum of 30,000 to a maximum of 400,000.

-Where are the women from?

In the early stages of comfort stations, the Japanese military recruited women mainly from its colonies such as Korea and Taiwan. As the war became more protracted and war fronts expanded, women from Japanese-occupied territories such as China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and even Dutch women residing in Indonesia, were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese servicemen. Yoshiaki Yoshimi (吉見義明), a historian who has long researched the issue of comfort women released a research finding that the number of comfort women is estimated at 80,000 to 200,000 and Korean women comprised more than half of the total comfort women population.

-Why were “comfort station” established?

After staging the Manchurian Incident, Japan started to expand its military aggression. The Japanese military established “comfort stations” under the pretexts of

1) preventing rape by Japanese soldiers against local women

2) preventing venereal diseases

3) providing sexual comfort to soldiers.

-How did they become sex slaves?

The Japanese military mobilized Korean women as comfort women by luring them with promises of work, as well asvia intimidation or violence, human trafficking and kidnapping. The women were defrauded with promises of “work in factories” or offers of “making a lot of money” into joining the military brothels.

Newspaper advertising of comfort women recruitment was also issued, but it did not clearly specify job description. In addition, given the newspaper subscription rates and literacy rates of women at that time, it is considered that there were few cases where the recruitment advertising was delivered to women in person.

Sources: The Commission on Verification and Support for the Victims of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Colonialism in Korea and excerpts from “Stories of Twelve Women,” a collection of comfort women`s testimonies

For more information, go to http://www.hermuseum.go.kr/eng/

The source :

http://www.hermuseum.go.kr/eng/sub01/sub010101.asp?s_top=1&s_left=1&s_deps=1

[출처] The truth of 'Japanese Military Slavery'|작성자 공모전 합창

[출처] The truth of 'Japanese Military Slavery'|작성자 공모전 합창

Comfort Women Animation "Her story"

This animation was produced with actual victims’ voices of Japanese military slavery. This video was based on Chung, Seo-Woon’s story. She was born in a wealthy family in Jeollanam-do Hadong. Japanese authority confiscated all the brass-ware from each household, he dug the ground and buried them, so he was imprisoned. One day, the town foreman told her that if she works at the factory in Japan for about two years, her father will be released from the prison the same day before she leaves to Japan. Not knowing the truth, she volunteered to go to Japan to release her father from the prison. However, her father was not released and he passed away in the prison. She was not even taken to Japan. She was taken to Indonesia and she was raped several times when she was only 15. Whenever she resisted, Japanese injected opium to her and she became addicted to opium. There was no hope but only misery. She even committed suicide, but failed. She came back home after Korean Independence Day, but nobody was at home. She was the first former Korean comfort woman who stood up and told her stories.

I would like to finish with quotes by her.

“I kept telling myself that I just have to stay alive. They may have killed my body, but not my spirit. That is how I survived.”

[출처] Her story|작성자 공모전 합창

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[출처] Her story|작성자 공모전 합창