"Comfort woman" statue

"Comfort woman" statue

Men walk past a statue symbolizing so-called comfort women near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Dec. 26, 2017. Tokyo and Seoul have been at odds over the issue of Korean women who were forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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  • 2017/12/26 20:24:16
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