'Comfort women' statue in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators rally around a newly installed statue of a seated young Korean girl (C) in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Dec. 14, 2011. They are demanding an apology and compensation from the Japanese government over the ''comfort women'' issue. The term is a euphemism to describe women forced to provide sexual services for Japanese soldiers during World War II. The statue was set up by a civic group the same day to symbolize those women and rev up their protest.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001165189

Registered date
2011/12/14 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2011 Kyodo News

Media size
996 × 663 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
210.86(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Protest over "comfort women" issue in Seoul

A protest is held for the resolution of the issue of "comfort women," a euphemistic term for women from the Korean Peninsula and elsewhere forced to work at wartime Japanese military brothels, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 14, 2024, the memorial day for Korean "comfort women."

Brazil apologizes for WWII-era persecution of Japan immigrants

The Amnesty Commission of the Human Rights and Citizenship Ministry of Brazil examines the issue of the persecution of Japanese immigrants during and after World War II, in Brasilia on July 25, 2024. The commission recognized the immigrants' rights were violated and offered a government apology the same day.

Protest against gov't solution to wartime labor row with Japan

A civic group holds a rally in front of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on March 6, 2023, to protest the South Korean government's solution to a wartime labor compensation dispute with Japan.

Protest against gov't solution to wartime labor row with Japan

A civic group holds a rally in central Seoul on March 6, 2023, to protest the South Korean government's solution to a wartime labor compensation dispute with Japan.

Ex-islanders call for early return of islands off Hokkaido during rally in Tokyo

Japanese former residents of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido and local municipal government officials appeal for their early return to Japan during a march in Tokyo's Ginza area on Dec. 1, 2022. The islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai islet group were seized by the Soviet Union after Japan surrendered in World War II in August 1945.

Ex-islanders call for early return of islands off Hokkaido during rally in Tokyo

Japanese former residents of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido and local municipal government officials appeal for their early return to Japan during a meeting in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Dec. 1, 2022. The islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai islet group were seized by the Soviet Union after Japan surrendered in World War II in August 1945.

Ex-islanders call for early return of islands off Hokkaido during rally in Tokyo

"Comfort women" statue in Seoul

Photo taken on June 23, 2021, shows a statue in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul of a girl symbolizing the issue of "comfort women" who were forced to work in the Japanese military's wartime brothels.

"Comfort women" statue in Seoul

Protest against "Takeshima Day" ceremony

People rally near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2021, in protest against the "Takeshima Day" ceremony held in Matsue in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, the same day. The ceremony is held annually to highlight Japan's claim of sovereignty over the South Korean-administered Sea of Japan islets, called Takeshima by Japan and Dokdo by South Korea.