“Commemorating Comfort Women” Established a new statue in Seoul, Korea, August 14, 18:59
In Korea, on the 14th anniversary of the government ’s “Day of Commemorating Comfort Women,” a new image was created in Seoul to symbolize the comfort women issue. It is expected.
The South Korean government established August 14th, the day when one of the women of former comfort women first testified in public in 1991 as the “day to celebrate comfort women” from last year. The event was held.
In Seoul, an unveiling ceremony for a statue representing the comfort women issue was held in a district close to the downtown area, and about 100 people, including ministers and former comfort women, attended. According to Seoul City, the statue expresses comfort women in Korea, China, and the Philippines, so citizens can take a commemorative photo with the hand of the statue.
“The Abe administration refuses to look back on history, but rather uses it as a political tool,” criticized Seoul ’s mayor Park Won-sun.
In front of the Japanese embassy, we held a protest rally held every Wednesday by civil society organizations.
The meeting was held on the 14th, 1400th. Nearly 2,000 citizens gathered, and participants repeatedly appealed, “Abe administration should apologize and compensate.”
In South Korea, since the announcement of the strengthening of export control in Japan was announced last month, a non-buy movement for Japanese products has been called for. The feelings toward Japan are expected to get worse.