Want China Times
Date: 2015-06-19
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

A museum in memory of a group of Taiwanese women who were forced into sexual slavery by the

A former “comfort woman” listens to Shinzo Abe address the US Congress, April 29 local time. (File photo/CNS)

Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, known euphemistically as “comfort women,” is scheduled to open in Taipei by the end of this year, a Taipei-based women’s rights group said Thursday.

The themes of the museum will be peace and women’s rights, said Kang Shu-hua, executive director of the Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation, a driving force behind the initiative.

Before the formal opening on Dec. 10, the foundation will hold a ceremony to unveil the museum plaque on Aug. 14, a date that is considered as a memorial day for comfort women by civic groups in countries like South Korea, China, Indonesia, Taiwan and the Philippines, Kang told CNA.     [FULL  STORY]