Season 5 Episode 2

In our second episode about the book Flowers of Fire by Hawon Jung, we explore how the bodies of women and girls were used to build up the nation of South Korea.

The government needed the physical labor in the form of factory girls to help gain economic strength, which helped usher in the "Miracle on the Han River."

Comfort women were used not only during WWII, but after, as well, and it was the government who oversaw the system of comfort women working in camptowns.

The government also needed women to give birth to babies, yet also controlled reproductive health access for women in more recent years.

Mature themes will be discussed in this episode.

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