Korean protester climbs onto guard house roof at Japan Embassy

Korean protester climbs onto guard house roof at Japan Embassy

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean man on Wednesday climbed onto the roof of a guard post at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on March 21 to protest Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks disputing the Imperial Japanese Army forced foreign women into sexual slavery during World War II. The man scaled the guard post at around 11:50 a.m. wearing around his body a cloth with Abe's picture. He then trampled on the Japanese flag.

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