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In September 1945, U.S. forces occupied Korea, including comfort stations. The women in comfort stations were also taken over. In 1946, the United States Army Military Government outlawed prostitution in South Korea. During the United States Army Military Government rule, Korean society treated prostitutes with humiliation that included stoning and cursing from children. However, by 1953, the total number of prostitutes amounted to 350,000. Between the 1950s and 1960s, 60 percent of South Korean prostitutes worked near U.S. military camps. During the Korean war, the South Korean Army controlled Wianbu units that performed sexual services for South Korean and U.S. soldiers. Throughout the Korean War, two separate types of comfort stations were operated. One was U.N. Comfort Stations (, ) fo

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  • In September 1945, U.S. forces occupied Korea, including comfort stations. The women in comfort stations were also taken over. In 1946, the United States Army Military Government outlawed prostitution in South Korea. During the United States Army Military Government rule, Korean society treated prostitutes with humiliation that included stoning and cursing from children. However, by 1953, the total number of prostitutes amounted to 350,000. Between the 1950s and 1960s, 60 percent of South Korean prostitutes worked near U.S. military camps. During the Korean war, the South Korean Army controlled Wianbu units that performed sexual services for South Korean and U.S. soldiers. Throughout the Korean War, two separate types of comfort stations were operated. One was U.N. Comfort Stations (, ) fo
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  • In September 1945, U.S. forces occupied Korea, including comfort stations. The women in comfort stations were also taken over. In 1946, the United States Army Military Government outlawed prostitution in South Korea. During the United States Army Military Government rule, Korean society treated prostitutes with humiliation that included stoning and cursing from children. However, by 1953, the total number of prostitutes amounted to 350,000. Between the 1950s and 1960s, 60 percent of South Korean prostitutes worked near U.S. military camps. During the Korean war, the South Korean Army controlled Wianbu units that performed sexual services for South Korean and U.S. soldiers. Throughout the Korean War, two separate types of comfort stations were operated. One was U.N. Comfort Stations (, ) for U.N. soldiers, and the other was Special Comfort Stations (, ) for South Korean soldiers. U.N. Comfort Stations were administered in collaboration with provincial governors, mayors and polices. The majority of women working in U.N. Comfort Stations were married and supporting their families. On the front lines, women were brought in by trucks without permission. Between 1951 and 1954, the women units were referred to as Special Comfort Units (, ). Some South Korean corps referred to the women as Class V supply, because the South Korean Army had only up to Class IV supplies. War History on the Home Front (, ) published by the South Korean Army in 1956, refers to the existence of the South Korean military's comfort women units. General Chae Myung-shin, the South Korean Vietnam Expeditionary Forces Commanding Officer, also commented on the comfort women units during the Korean War in his memoir Beyond the Deadline (, ) published in 1994. Chae says, "The adopting of the military comfort women system strengthened the morale of officers and soldiers, and prevented sexually transmitted disease. There was a viewpoint that the army internalized unlicensed prostitutes who were spreading in society and protected their human rights." Chae also remarks, "I don't want to expose the military to dishonor, but I record these as the undeniable facts."
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