The Women Outside (1996)

Theyre called bar women hostesses or sex workers and western princesses They come from poor families struggling to earn a decent wage only to be forced into the worlds oldest profession Theyre the women who work in the camptowns that surround US military bases in South Korea In 40 years over a million women have worked in Koreas military sex industry but their existence has never been officially acknowledged by either government In The Women Outside a film by JT Orinne Takagi and Hye Jung Park some of these women bravely speak out about their lives for the first time The film raises provocative questions about military policy economic survival and the role of women in global geopolitics