Korea ‘comfort women’ put up statue at landmark rally
BBC - Tuesday, 20 December 2011 (originally published 14 Dec)
Many Koreans feel that Japan has not done enough to make amends to the "comfort women". Image: Reuters
South Korean women kept as sex slaves by the Japanese army during World War II have held their 1,000th rally outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul.
A group of the women and their supporters unveiled a statue of a girl in traditional costume there.
Demonstrators have rallied since 1992 outside the embassy to demand an apology and compensation from Japan . . .
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