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'Comfort women': Researchers claim first known film


Filmed by US troops in China, the clip was found by government-funded researchers at Seoul National University in US archives. 

The 18-second clip shows several women lined up talking to a Chinese soldier. 

South Korean activists estimate 200,000 women were forced into brothels for Japan's military.

Read entire article at BBC