Local Korean officials formally approved UN comfort stations during the Korean War

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The arrangements were further formalized after the 1950 outbreak of the Korean War. “The municipal authorities have already issued the approval for establishing UN comfort stations in return for the Allied Forces’ toil,” wrote the Pusan Daily. “In a few days, five stations will be set up in the downtown areas of new and old Masan. The authorities are asking citizens to give much cooperation in coming days.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 482

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