Taiwan remembers vanishing "comfort women"

The world last month observed International Memorial Day for "Comfort Women," a term that euphemistically refers to the estimated 200,000 women, mainly from Asia, procured to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II.Seventy-two years after the end of the war, the number of surviving women who endured this treatment is declining rapidly.Fewer than 70 remain alive in the Philippines, 45 in South Korea, 15 in China and just two in Taiwan. With an average age of 90, even those who remain will soon be gone.Advocacy groups express concern about the passing of individuals with direct…READ FULL ARTICLE