South Korea being a socially conservative country and the issue of sexual violence being a sensitive topic made it difficult for the victims of the comfort women system to speak on their experiences as sex slaves under the Japanese colonial rule.

[5] On August 14, 1991, Kim Hak-sun held a public conference to speak on her experience as a comfort woman as South Korea started to democratize in the 1990s.

First, the Japanese government was ordered to pay 300,000 yen each to Plaintiffs Ha Sun-nyo, Park Tu-ri, and Lee Sun-dok, as well as approximately 5% of the interest on the preceding judgment made on September 1, 1992, until the payment is complete in full.

[10] Before the Shimonoseki trial, the Japanese government was consistently hesitant to make any type of extensive apology for their leading role in the harm of thousands of South Korean comfort women during World War II.

Hideaki Chikashita, presiding judge for the Shimonoseki hearing, originally expressed regret and remorse for Japan's role in the comfort women system.

However, this money was not a method of compensation paid in recognition of a legal duty from the Japanese government and was typically officiated through private over public means.

To counter efforts on the Japanese government's end to diminish the voices of Korean comfort women, many more NGOs were created to provide support in various ways.

[19] But, as the Shimonoseki Trial of 1998 brought attention and awareness to the issue of comfort women and the immense pain they suffered, and as survivors grew more comfortable in sharing testimonies, international organizations like the United Nations began to look at the legal circumstances of classifying rape as a "legitimate war crime" and began devising ways to promote furthered accountability moving forward.

This resolution further calls for all member-states to implement and enforce legislation that incorporates international criminal legal perspectives into their national law systems to allow for comprehensive prosecution measures for acts of sexual violence committed during armed conflicts and wartime settings.