'Comfort women' memorial in California

'Comfort women' memorial in California

LOS ANGELES, United States - Kim Bok Dong (L), 87, sits next to a bronze statue of a girl in traditional Korean clothing -- a memorial for women forced into sexual slavery for the Imperial Japanese military -- at Glendale Central Park near Los Angeles on July 30, 2013. Kim said she spent eight years providing sexual services to Japanese troops after she was forcibly drafted when just 14 years old.

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