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  Japanese musicians to put on comfort women apology concert in DC

  By The Korea Times Washington DC staff Three Japanese musicians are taking it upon themselves to offer an apology toward former comfort women by putting on a concert in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 5. An event titled...

  • Posted August 6, 2015
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  Chicago adopts comfort women resolution

  The city of Chicago adopted a resolution to recognize the need to spread awareness about human rights issues concerning the comfort women from World War II. City Councilman Alderman Margaret Laurino, who presented the resolution, plans to...

  • Posted August 6, 2015
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  Musicians gather to celebrate Comfort Women Day

  Musicians from South Korea and the Korean American community are coming together for a concert to celebrate Comfort Women Day, designated by the city of Glendale in 2011. The concert, set to unfold inside Alex Theatre in...

  • Posted July 30, 2015
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  SF Chinese American-led comfort women memorial to undergo vote

  San Francisco’s Chinese American community is leading an effort to erect a comfort women memorial statue in the city. The city’s Board of Supervisors will vote on a resolution urging the establishment of a comfort women memorial...

  • Posted July 21, 2015
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  Second anniversary of Glendale comfort women statue prompts celebration

  By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Celebration of the second anniversary of the installation of one of Glendale, Calif.’s most controversial statues — a memorial for comfort women in the form of a young girl seated...

  • Posted July 17, 2015
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  Conflict between Korean orgs stalls Fort Lee comfort women memorial

  By The Korea Times New York staff The proposed comfort women memorial in Fort Lee, N.J., is in trouble, and this time, it doesn’t so much involve indignant Japanese organizations as it does conflict between two local...

  • Posted July 8, 2015
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  Comfort woman statue to be installed in Chicago

  Plans for the installation of a comfort woman statue in Chicago, one of a handful cropping up across the country, is underway. According to the statue installation committee in the city, the statue — a replica of...

  • Posted July 7, 2015
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