All posts tagged "comfort women"

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    Comfort women cartoon to be showcased throughout LA’s Korean Festival

    Korean Americans campaigning for the recognition of the history of comfort women will continue its effort at the 41st Los Angeles Korean Festival. According to the Los Angeles Korean Festival Foundation, “Flowers That Never Fade,” a cartoon...

    • Posted September 16, 2014
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  • Glendale's comfort woman statue (Yonhap)
    Korean American community campaigns to support Fullerton comfort woman statue

    More than 1,200 Korean Americans have signed a campaign supporting the installation of a statue at Fullerton Museum Center commemorating comfort women victimized by Japanese soldiers during World War II, the Korean American Forum of California said...

    • Posted September 11, 2014
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  • A comfort woman statue was unveiled in Southfield, Mich. on Aug. 16.
    Michigan latest to install comfort woman statue

    The growing number of comfort woman statues cropping up in American cities saw a new addition Saturday in Southfield, Michigan. The Southfield dedication, located in front of the Korean American Cultural Center there, is a replica seen...

    • Posted August 18, 2014
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  • Glendale's comfort woman statue (Yonhap)
    Group to appeal dismissal of lawsuit over ‘Comfort Women’ statue in Glendale

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A nonprofit group said today it would appeal dismissal of a lawsuit seeking the removal of a bronze statue in Glendale honoring women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II....

    • Posted August 11, 2014
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  • Glendale's comfort woman statue (Yonhap)
    Court dismisses lawsuit to take down Glendale comfort women statue

    A federal court dismissed a lawsuit Monday filed against the city of Glendale, Calif., by a Japanese American organization to take down a statue of a young Korean comfort woman. The lawsuit was filed by the Global...

    • Posted August 5, 2014
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  • A memorial is erected in Union City, New Jersey, for women forced into sexual slavery by the military of Imperial Japan during World War II. (Yonhap)
    Comfort women memorial erected near NYC

    A memorial to Korean and other Asian women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese troops during World War II was erected in a county in Union City, N.J., on Monday. Two Korean former comfort women...

    • Posted August 5, 2014
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  • bong
    Former comfort women accuse play of distortion

    As two former comfort women make their way around the United States, controversy over the accuracy of a play depicting comfort women has risen. Lee Ok-seon, 87, and Kang Il-chool, 86, have requested a revision of the play...

    • Posted August 4, 2014
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