Ex-'comfort woman' for Japanese in WWII dies at 90 Hwang Kum-ja was forced into sexual slavery at 16 After the war, she lived out the rest of her life in Korea alone, earning money collecting garbage Hwang was one of an estimated 200,000 women, mainly Korean, forced into sexual slavery for Japanese during colonial period Only 55 living South Korean survivors are left Japan has yet to offer compensation to survivors, many of whom are over 80 years old Hwang Kum-ja, a former 'comfort woman' forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese during World War II, died at age 90. The total number of living South Korean victims of the practice during Japan's colonial rule of Korea is now 55. Hwang was born in 1924, forced into a glass factory at age 13 and later sent to China for sexual slavery at 16, according to Yonhap. After the war, she returned to Korea and lived alone for the rest of her life. Hwang earned money by collecting garbage and receiving various government subsidies, Yonhap reported. An estimated 200,000 women served as comfort women during Japan's colonial period over Korea, like the women in this photo However, the news agency notes that she made three donations to a scholarship fund that totaled US$92,635. She received an award for her generosity in 2011. Hwang's dying wish as that her remaining money be left to charity, it said. An estimated 200,000 women, mainly Korean, were forced into sexual slavery during Japan's colonial rule, Yonhap said. Most surviving victims are over 80 years old. Though Japan has apologized on several occasions for the comfort women and helped to establish to the Asian Women's Fund in 1995, it has so far not made direct payments to victims, CNN reported. The channel adds that in 2013, the mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, caused controversy for saying use of comfort women was 'necessary' for soldiers who needed a 'rest.' South Korea, Yonhap reports, has urged Japan to offer grievances to victims, since many are elderly and may die before they can receive compensation. Japan has claimed that compensations were resolved in a 1965 package. In this photo taken on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, Katsuto Momii, new president of public broadcaster NHK, holds a news conference at the start of his three-year term in Tokyo. Japan's top government spokesman Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga defended Momii for his remarks that the use of women as military prostitutes was common worldwide during World War II