Gil Won-ok | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Gil (yellow shirt, second from right), protesting in front of the Japanese embassy in August 2011 | |
| Born | 1928 (age 95–96) |
| Known for | Activism for comfort women |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 길원옥 |
| Hanja | 吉元玉 |
| Revised Romanization | Gil Won-ok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kil Wŏn-ok |
Gil Won-ok (Korean: 길원옥, born 1928), also known as Grandma Gil, is an activist and former Korean comfort woman who has dedicated her life to demanding redress and an official apology from Japan for the military sexual violence that affected over 200,000 women during World War II.[1]
- ^ Lee, Anita. (Producer) & Hsiung, T. (Director). (2016). The Apology [Film]. Canada: National Film Board of Canada.