Comfort Women of Korea

This study examines the public health issue of "survival sex", as this phenomenon occurs in relation to sexual slavery enforced by an occupying military force. The study examines the issue at the international level, with a regional analysis targeting the occurrence of the phenomenon in East Asia, with a specific assessment of the public health issue involving the "comfort women" of Korea whose ordeals began in the 1930s and 1940s, and which, for the survivors, continues in 2004 as an important public health issue involving mental health (Soh, 2004).

The findings of this study are presented in two major sections. The first major section of the study develops the epidemiology of the issue. The second major section of the study reviews and assesses proven and potential interventions, policy recommendations, and other approaches to dealing with the public health issue.

Epidemiology of the Public Health Issue

In developing the epidemiology of the problem of comfort women in East Asia, the public health significance of the issue is established, and terms are defined as appropriate. The impact of the issue is developed in the international (global), regional (East Asia), and national (Korea) contexts, and risk and protective factors relevant to the public health issue are identifi

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training, counseling, and medical care (Barry, 1979). That the Thai plan worked from an economic perspective cannot be denied. Even in the developing central region of the country, women are drawn into prostitution from more conventional and relatively well-paying jobs (Ong, 1985). Bangkok has a population approximating 3.5 million, of which approximately one-half may be assumed to be female, of which perhaps 60 percent may be assumed to be in the age range for prostitutes (Tuchrello, 1989). The estimates of the number of women engaged in prostitution in Bangkok ranges from 100 thousand to one-million. Most estimates are in the 300 thousand range. Prostitution, thus, has evolved into a mainstay activity on which the Thai economy is dependent. National (Korea) Impact Japan began its military expansion in East Asia very late in the nineteenth century. In 1895, Japan occupied Taiwan. In 1905, Japan forced Korea to accept status as a protectorate of Japan. In 1910, Korea became a Japanese colony. Japan's later military moves involved mainland China. At this time, Japan did not have a formal comfort women program. When the Rape of Nanking occurred in 1937, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito was so appalled by the brutality of
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Approximate Word count = 9804
Approximate Pages = 39 (250 words per page)