Indicates the type of a location. Location Type Defined by CCTVPLUS Indicates the role that a specific instance of a description takes among all descriptions. Description Role Defined by CCTVPLUS The role in the overall content stream. Part Role Indicates a kind of content rendition. Content Rendition Defined by CCTVPLUS CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No access Chinese mainland CCTV Newscontent www.cctvplus.com +86-10-83949886 +86-10-63978447 contact@cctvplus.com 2026-08-15T00:13:41Z 2026-08-15T00:13:41Z 2026-08-14 2014-11-06T09:22:45Z China Central Television Seoul Republic of Korea Other Aug 13, 2026 ROK-Exhibition/Comfort Women/Japan Exhibition preserves stories of ROK "comfort women" during WWII Decades on, a painful chapter of wartime history is surfacing again in the Republic of Korea. A photo exhibition is keeping alive the memories of 13 ROK women who endured Japanese sexual slavery far away from their homeland. These women were forcibly taken to China by Japanese troops during WWII. They were victims of Japan's military "comfort woman" system, where women were forced into sexual slavery during the war. But what happened to them after the war? Many of them never returned home. They faced poverty, illness and isolation while trying to rebuild their lives. This exhibition brings their individual stories back into focus, through photographs, videos, documents and personal belongings. "We all know the term 'comfort women' and the history of Japan's military sexual slavery, but we don't really know much about the individual lives and dignity of the women who suffered. They could have been our neighbors, our older sisters, or our mothers. We put this exhibition together to remember their lives, with the hope that something like this will never happen again," said Ahn Se-Hong, whose photographs are on display at the exhibition. Behind the words "comfort women" were real people, with names, families, memories and lives of their own. And these exhibits are stories that refuse to be forgotten. "My hope is that future generations who have never experienced war will find a way to prevent the wars we continue to see around the world from causing suffering to women and other vulnerable people, and that they will find a path toward peace," said Ahn. Korean/Nats Seoul, ROK - Aug 13, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of photo exhibition "Names Carved in the Shadows"; visitors 2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Ahn Se-Hong, photographer (partially overlaid with shot 3): "We all know the term 'comfort women' and the history of Japan's military sexual slavery, but we don't really know much about the individual lives and dignity of the women who suffered. They could have been our neighbors, our older sisters, or our mothers. We put this exhibition together to remember their lives, with the hope that something like this will never happen again." ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 3. Various of photos on display ++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++ 4. Various of entrance of exhibition 5. Various of exhibits of comfort women's personal belongings 6. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Ahn Se-Hong, photographer (ending with shot 7): "My hope is that future generations who have never experienced war will find a way to prevent the wars we continue to see around the world from causing suffering to women and other vulnerable people, and that they will find a path toward peace." 7. Various of photos on display 8. Various of exhibits; visitors