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SKorea: Police protect comfort woman statue
By Nathan Schwartzman Fri, Jan 20, 2012 3:26PM UTC View Comments
Police in Seoul have been keeping an eye on the comfort woman statue installed across the street from the Japanese Embassy to prevent it being defaced and to prevent fights breaking out. Comfort women supporters have decorated the statue....
SKorea: ‘Comfort woman’ statue near embassy angers Japan
By Nathan Schwartzman Wed, Dec 14, 2011 1:33PM UTC View Comments
A statue of a comfort woman placed across from the Japanese embassy in Seoul, with a plaque describing their enslavement during the Japanese occupation, has drawn the ire of the Japanese government. The statue was set up on the 14th by Japanese-Korean citizens’ groups, which had been vowing to do so. According to YTN News,...
Former sex slaves express sympathy for Japan earthquake victims
By Andy Jackson Wed, Mar 16, 2011 8:41AM UTC View Comments
The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan* has been protesting outside Japan’s embassy in Seoul since 1992. The protests have evolved into a weekly event, with former Korean “comfort women” (the Japanese euphemism for the sex slaves) and their supporters chanting slogans and demanding that Tokyo formally apologize and provide compensation...
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