国际英语资讯:Spotlight: S.Korean World War II forced labor victim cries out for Japans apology, reparat
<p><span word="SEOUL">SEOUL</span>, <span word="Aug">Aug</span>. 14-- <span word="A">A</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="granny">granny</span> <span word="wept">wept</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="wailed">wailed</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="recalled">recalled</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="unforgettable">unforgettable</span>, <span word="awful">awful</span> <span word="memory">memory</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="teenager">teenager</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1940<span word="s">s</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="memory">memory</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="terror">terror</span>, <span word="hunger">hunger</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="anxiety">anxiety</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="irresistible">irresistible</span> <span word="fury">fury</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="government">government</span>.</p><p><span word="Kim">Kim</span> <span word="Jeong">Jeong</span>-<span word="ju">ju</span> <span word="shared">shared</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="memory">memory</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="correspondents">correspondents</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Seoul">Seoul</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> 74<span word="th">th</span> <span word="anniversary">anniversary</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Liberation">Liberation</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mark">mark</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="liberation">liberation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="Peninsula">Peninsula</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1910-1945 <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="colonization">colonization</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> 88-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Imperial">Imperial</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="primary">primary</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="student">student</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="teacher">teacher</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="elder">elder</span> <span word="sister">sister</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="attend">attend</span> <span word="secondary">secondary</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sister">sister</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="realizing">realizing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="duped">duped</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="teacher">teacher</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="munition">munition</span> <span word="factory">factory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Nachi">Nachi</span>-<span word="Fujikoshi">Fujikoshi</span> <span word="Corp">Corp</span>., <span word="Kim">Kim</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="uniform">uniform</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="slept">slept</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dormitory">dormitory</span> <span word="fenced">fenced</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="barbed">barbed</span> <span word="wires">wires</span>.</p><p><span word="Kim">Kim</span> <span word="woke">woke</span> <span word="up">up</span> 5:00 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="every">every</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="factory">factory</span> <span word="singing">singing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="song">song</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="meager">meager</span> <span word="breakfast">breakfast</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="slice">slice</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bread">bread</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="lunch">lunch</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stand">stand</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="columns">columns</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="apple">apple</span> <span word="boxes">boxes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="machinery">machinery</span>.</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="extreme">extreme</span> <span word="hunger">hunger</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pluck">pluck</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="grass">grass</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="eat">eat</span>. <span word="Suffering">Suffering</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="chronic">chronic</span> <span word="starvation">starvation</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="hair">hair</span> <span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="off">off</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="teenager">teenager</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="slept">slept</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="shoes">shoes</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="strike">strike</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="hometown">hometown</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="peninsula">peninsula</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="liberation">liberation</span>.</p>
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