Last Korean "comfort woman" in China dies at the age of 95 By Li Yan On Jan.18, Mao Yinmei, the last Korean "comfort woman" in China, passed away at the age of 95, in the Sancha township, Xiaogan city, Hubei province. Mao was forced to serve as a "comfort woman" at the age of 18, in a Japanese military brothel in Wuchang. Mao was transferred from Korea by car to the north of China, then to Nanjing in 1945. In July 1945, Mao came to Wuhan and was locked in the comfort stations in Hankou and Wuchang, with other over 10 Korean women, Mao was quoted as saying in pervious interviews. After Japan's surrender, Mao fled the comfort station in the Japanese Concession Zone. However, she was disinclined to mention that period of dark experience.
