Former South Korean "comfort women" Lee Ok-sun and Gil Won-ok attend a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean woman who had been forced to work in a Japanese wartime military brothel said Japan lacked honour for failing to attend a South Korean court on Wednesday as it began hearing a civil case brought against its government by a group of victims.
"I am a living proof of history," said Lee Yong-soo, the 91-year-old survivor, her voice quaking with emotion as she addressed a news conference held near the courthouse, before proceedings began.
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