“Comfort Women” was the term created to disguise the fact that women were used as sex slaves to the Japanese military during World War II. It happened throughout the South Pacific region that Japan controlled, including Korea.

Some of the Korean women have been particularly courageous and outspoken about what happened to them and have formed a group fighting for recognition of the crimes committed against them and for compensation from the Japanese government. In other countries, there has not been this level of openness and organization.

It was for this reason that I chose to work in South...