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In 1998, Gil Won-ok followed the lead of previous comfort women and publicly came out with the sexual violence that was forcefully inflicted upon her for five years of her life. After coming out with the sexual violence that was forced upon her, Gil Won-ok became an activist, advocating for an
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official apology from Japan for the crimes they committed during World War II. Even though Gil Won-ok was unable to physically have children, she adopted a son after he was left at a gambling house where she worked. He is now a minister. Gil Won-ok currently lives in a home run by
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in the winter of 1940 where, from thirteen to eighteen years old, she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by
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which left her sterile. After the war, Gil Won-ok tried to go back home to North Korea, but when she got to the border, it was closed. Gil Won-ok to this day still has been unable to return to her home.
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