Korean Women Demand Apology from Japan

In 1992, a group of, at that time, about 400 Korean women started a weekly demonstration in front of the Japanese embassy. They were among more than 200,000 women that were forced into sexual slavery during the Japanese occupation of Korea that started in 1910 and ended in 1945. They want an apology from the Japanese government. They refused an offer of $1 billion that would come from individual donations as this would absolve the government and the people of Japan from its collective responsibility. Some 150 women of the group of 450 are still alive today and are still taking part in the weekly demonstrations. The statue shown here was recently placed in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul. The Japanese government wants it gone. The Korean government refuses to do so. Japan feels the shame. Finally.

Seoul Statue Becomes Focal Point of Dispute With Japan - NYTimes.com:



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