She also travelled abroad to attend exhibits that displayed her paintings, participated in international speaking tours, and testified about her experiences.
'Comfort Women,' along with their supporters, continue to fight against sexual violence and confront the Japanese government to acknowledge their crimes and compensate the victims.
She developed an intimate relationship with Izumi, a high-ranking Japanese officer in his fifties, and came to rely on him as her father, husband, and family.
In January 1995, a representative of the Korean Council acknowledged that she and her colleagues were embarrassed about Kim Soon-duk's conduct and decided not to take her on their future trips to Japan.
This is made particularly evident because none of the postwar historiography of the comfort women were ever conducted by Soh herself, and instead she chose to interview only other activists and historians.
[5] She demonstrates somewhat irresponsible scholarship and negligence as well, which is indicated by the historical inaccuracies of her argument, such as leaving behind inconsistent legal interpretations of international war crimes, as well as names of certain universities.
Buddhist groups helped raise funds to support and establish a social welfare facility called the House of Sharing in 1992.
[6] In February 1996, the survivor-residents moved to the new, official House of Sharing that consists of residential wings, a recreation room, a Buddhist sanctuary, educational and training activities, and the first "Japanese Comfort Women History Museum in Korea," which opened in August 1998.
[9] She was a devoted participant in the weekly Wednesday Demonstrations in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, which started in 1992 and still occurs today.
[9] She and Kang Duk-kyung received a lot of attention during the earlier years of the movement for their distinct, vivid paintings, which depicted the lives and stories of 'comfort women.
"[11] Kim Soon-duk hoped that her artwork would: [Send] a message to the Japanese government, because they haven't issued a formal apology yet.
Her famous painting Unblossomed Flower, also inspired the statue of the young girl that stands in the center of the House of Sharing grounds.