I had heard of comfort women before, but hadn’t read too much on the subject.
While Daughters of the Dragon is a work of fiction, it is based on facts and historical research by the author.
Reading the horrors in the form of a first person account is way more mortifying and real, than reading about the situation as history.
We need to learn from past mistakes and the first step is acknowledgement that one made a mistake.
However in the fraught political scenario where national identity and saving face is more important, I’m not sure if these “grandmothers” will ever receive a meaningful apology
