'Comfort women' statue in Seoul

'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.

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