"Comfort women" memorial removed from Manila baywalk

"Comfort women" memorial removed from Manila baywalk

MANILA, Philippines, April 28 Kyodo - Photo taken on April 28, 2018, shows debris left after the demolition the previous day of a bronze statue of a blindfolded, early 1900's-era Filipino woman, which had stood on Roxas Boulevard in Manila as a memorial dedicated to Filipino "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese brothels during World War II.

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