"Pete Hegseth ran straight to social media to about his new door decoration, the Washington Post 's editorial board the name change, and the Pentagon snappily changed its Twitter handle to @ . But across the Pacific and amid all the ado, South Korean women were gearing up on a front of their own: On Monday, they filed a lawsuit against the U.S. army to hold it accountable for its role in their prostitution."
"Under rules that the U.S. military and South Korean officials worked out, comfort women had to be tested twice a week, according to the women and unsealed documents. The U.S. military conducted random inspections at clubs, rounding up women without a valid registration or V.D. test card. The women had to wear numbered badges or name tags at clubs, and the U.S. military kept "hot sheets" - or photo files of the women - at base clinics to help infected soldiers identify contacts."
South Korean women filed a lawsuit against the U.S. army alleging the military's role in their prostitution. A prior lawsuit resulted in a finding that the South Korean government encouraged prostitution and coerced victims. Former comfort women say they were forced to work in military brothels that serviced American soldiers, benefited the U.S. economy, and affected bilateral relations. Testimony and unsealed documents describe twice-weekly STI testing, random inspections, rounding up unregistered women, mandatory numbered badges, and photo "hot sheets" kept at base clinics to identify contacts. Infected women were detained while their G.I. partners were not similarly confined.
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