As a class, we participated in the Halmoni's weekly protest in front of the Japanese embassy in Korea.  Along with us, there were the halmonies, other students, and advocates who are passionated or willing to lend a helping hand in the movement to demand for justice for the halmonies (grandmas).   The halmonies were captured or used against their will as sexual slaves (also known as comfort women) for the Japanese soldiers during the Japanese occupation of Korea.  However, even over fifty years, the halmonies have yet to receive an official apology or acknowledgement that the incident did happened.  They have yet to obtain the social justice for the pain struck against them during wartime and the lost of their youth.

Witnessing the protesting scene with the surviving halmonies in the blazing hot sun helped me understand the importance and the determination of the halmonies to fight for justice.  I understood that the military sexual slavery is a serious problem that is still existing today, a problem that needs more global attention to  hopefully intervene to soothe the pain of those who were hurt and reduce severity of the problem.

The halmonies' action of committing to the weekly protest inspired me to persevere with my passion and to fight for social justice for all members of this world.  The commitment to fight with hope for the brighter future for the younger  generations is the first step to initiate a justified international policy--a policy that will liberate the halmonies from their painful nightmares and allow them peace.  The halmonies might not want a governmental policy that compensate them monetary but they want a humane justice--acknowledgement of their suffering.