Miniature "comfort women" figures appear in event in Seoul

Miniature "comfort women" figures appear in event in Seoul

Miniature figures of Korean women forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military, euphemistically called comfort women in Japan, are lined up in an event in Seoul on Aug. 14, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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