Kang Duk-kyung (1929–1997) was a Korean comfort woman in the Japanese colonial era during World War II. She was captured and forcefully taken into sexual slavery by a Japanese soldier …

Duk-kyung Kang (1929–1997) Duk-kyung Kang was a high school freshman (16 years old) when she was mobilized by her teacher to join the Labor Corps to support Japan’s war efforts. She …

Jun 18, 2020 · In 1992, at the age of 63, nearly 50 years after the end of World War II and the end of her life as a sex slave, she gained power and courage to make her bad experiences public. …

Kang Duk-Kyung was a human rights activist sharing her experiences as a former Korean comfort woman in the Japanese colonial era during World War II. In particular, Kang expressed her life …

"The Paintings of Korean Comfort Woman Duk-kyung Kang: Postcolonial and Decolonial Aesthetics for Colonized Bodies". Feminist Studies. 43 (3): 571–609. doi: …

Sep 22, 2017 · Comfort women were forced sexual slaves for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War. Duk-kyung Kang's paintings address the historical trauma of this …

Jul 19, 2022 · The four artists imagine new modes to speak to this legacy of violence and through their work seek pathways of resistance and healing. In the PassageWay gallery, reproductions …

Here are a few biographies of select Comfort Women. We remember their survival, courage, and legacy. Click to read their full story. ©2024 Project Sonyeo. Founded, Written, and Translated …

The staff notified Duk Kyung that her four-year-old son had died of pneumonia and that the funeral was already over. Duk Kyung could not even retrieve or see the body of her dead son. …

This essay addresses the largely unrecognized art of a former comfort woman, Duk-kyung Kang (1929–1997). Comfort women were forced sexual slaves for the Imperial Japanese Army …