"Comfort woman" statue installed near Japanese consulate in Busan

"Comfort woman" statue installed near Japanese consulate in Busan

Members of a civic group install a statue symbolizing women forced into wartime Japanese military brothels in front of the Japanese Consulate in the southern South Korean port city of Busan on Dec. 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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