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Former comfort woman, Ms.Hwang, Kum-ja passed away from old age. She was 90.

Her whole life was not easy and was never married. She was taken by Japanese army when she was 13.  After the war, she was suffered from ‘Social Phobia’ and she managed her life by the money given from Korean Government to the victims of the war.

Though her personal life was so tragic,she helped other unfortunate people around her till the end.

Many Korean mourned for the loss. Now only 55 comfort women survived in Korea.