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All posts tagged "comfort women"

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  Visiting former comfort women boycott Glendale statue’s 1-year anniversary event

  By Kim Hyung-jae Verses of “Bong Seon-hwa” and “Arirang,” Korean folk songs, rang through Glendale’s Central Park Monday. The commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the 1,100-pound “comfort woman” statue, which is still undergoing controversy, paired a...

  • Posted July 29, 2014
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  Japan objects to Union City’s plan for comfort women memorial

  The Japanese government sent a request note of cancellation to Union City in New Jersey regarding a comfort women memorial that is due to be revealed Aug. 4 in Liberty Plaza. The note was sent to Union...

  • Posted July 24, 2014
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  Former comfort women visit L.A. to support Glendale statue

  Two former comfort women from Korea visited downtown Los Angeles’ federal court on Tuesday to submit support statements defending a controversial Glendale statue erected last year. Lee Ok-seon, 87, and Kang Il-chool, 86, recounted their experience of...

  • Posted July 23, 2014
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  [WSJ] Claims South Korea Provided Sex Slaves for U.S. Troops Go to Court

  In recent years, Seoul has often raised the case of “comfort women”, claiming Tokyo hasn’t fully compensated the alleged sex slaves to the imperial Japanese military during the occupation of the Korean Peninsula...

  • Posted July 16, 2014
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• New comfort women memorial to be installed in Union City

  A new memorial commemorating the comfort women victimized during World War II will be installed inside Liberty Plaza in Union City, New Jersey. Lee Ok-soon and Kang Il-chool, two comfort women from Korea, will attend the unveiling...

  • Posted July 15, 2014
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  Activist group on mission to collect 100 million signatures for comfort women

  Members of Nabi USA in Los Angeles held a campaign near Santa Monica Pier on Saturday as a part of a movement to collect 100 million signatures worldwide for the Japanese government to provide reparations to Korean...

  • Posted June 23, 2014
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  S. Korea, Japan agree to hold regular talks on sex slavery

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea and Japan agreed Wednesday to hold regular director general-level talks on the Japanese imperial army’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II in their first meeting on the contentious diplomatic...

  • Posted April 16, 2014
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