South Korean Government Ordered to Compensate 'Comfort Women' Forced Into Prostitution After War

Women were forced into prostitution in South Korea to serve American soldiers after the Korean War.
The South Korean government was complicit in this exploitation, with "special comfort women units" for South Korean soldiers and "comfort stations" for American-led U.N. troops.
Last September, 100 women won a landmark victory when the South Korean Supreme Court ordered compensation for the sexual trauma they endured.
The women were detained and forced to receive treatment for sexually transmitted diseases in facilities with barred windows and heavily dosed with penicillin.
The women aim to take their case to the United States, but their legal strategy there is unclear.