Lee Yong-soo (activist)

Lee Yong-soo (Korean: 이용수; born December 13, 1928) is a former comfort woman from South Korea.

Lee was forced to serve as a comfort woman during World War II by the Imperial Japanese Army.

[7] In 2007, she testified in front of the United States joint Congressional session about her experiences during World War II.

[2] Right-wing elements in the Japanese government have been trying to erase the history of comfort woman from the record.

[14] In 2015, she attended the South Korean National Assembly's exhibition of art created by former comfort women.

[9][17] Lee Yong-soo continues to participate in weekly demonstrations held on Wednesdays in front of the Japanese Embassy.

She always wears a traditional Korean hanbok, including the dongjeong, beoseon and gomusin so that everyone who sees her knows that "I am a Joseon daughter.

[8] In May 2020, Lee accused the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance and Yoon Mee-hyang, the former head, of misusing funds and embezzlement.

As a result, Lee said she would no longer attend the Wednesday demonstrations and called for Yoon Mee-hyang resign from becoming a member of the National Assembly.

She asked the Korean government to raise the Japanese military sexual slavery issue at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Lee Jae-myung and Lee Yong-soo in 2018.