Number of surviving victims of Japan's forced labor falls below 700

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Number of surviving victims of Japan's forced labor falls below 700

Only seven victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery are still alive, after recent passing of former ‘comfort woman’ Gil Won-ok Thousands, possibly millions, of Koreans were victimized by Japan's forced labor during its 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula, but recent government data showed that most of them have passed away due to old age. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, 640 victims of Japan's forced labor —574 m…