 A 2015 article in "The Hankyoreh" said that Yoon Mi-hyang, president of the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, said the following while addressing the elderly Vietnamese women she had interviewed who were sexually assaulted by the South Korean military during the Vietnam War, ""I can't think of anything I can say to all of you.We were innocent victims too, but hearing now that Vietnamese women were victimized by us Koreans, we feel mortified and sorry as Koreans.That is why we intend to combine our strength and raise the Butterfly Fund to provide some small help to the victims"" The Butterfly Fund was started on March 8, 2012, to help people who experience sexual violence during times of war.