Friction over comfort woman statue in Seoul

Friction over comfort woman statue in Seoul

Members of a South Korean reformist student group sit around a statue symbolizing "comfort women," forced to work at the Japanese military's wartime brothels, near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on June 24, 2020, to block rallies scheduled to be held by a conservative group seeking the removal of the statue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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