Shin Sug-ok is always ready for a fight

The Korea Herald · Moon Ki-hoon · 2026-11-05 06:57 UTC

Lately, Shin Sug-ok has found herself to be something of a social media star in Korea. In the short clip that has now drawn over 10 million views, a right-wing

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Lately, Shin Sug-ok has found herself to be something of a social media star in Korea.

In the short clip that has now drawn over 10 million views, a right-wing pundit on a late-’90s Japanese talk show argues that the “comfort women,” the women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II, are only after money when they demand an apology.

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