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commemorative event is being held in Cheonggyecheon, Seoul, on the commemoration day of the comfort women victims. Let’s connect on-site reporters.

Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam, the event started at 7 o'clock. What is it about?

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Yes, here in Cheonggyecheon where I am in, the Butterfly Cultural Festival hosted by the Justice Memory Association is being held.

In today's (14th) concert held on the 8th Comfort Women Memorial Day, performances are held to support and solidify the courage of the comfort women victims.

Let's listen to solidarity remarks together.

[Park Seung-bae/Indeokwon High School student: Remembering can change a lot. I believe that if we remember this and do not stop speaking out, one day this voice will resonate, and true peace will come beyond the protests against demand and peace now... .]

Today, about 200 citizens attended the festival even in hot and humid weather.

The commemoration day for the victims of comfort women was held not only in Korea, but also in 16 cities in five countries including Japan, the Philippines, and the United States.

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ceremony organized by the government was held in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province.

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Yes, the government ceremony was held in the Garden of Manghyang, Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province.

This is the graveyard of the late Kim Hak-soon and Kim Bok-dong, victims of comfort women.

Unfortunately, Rep. Yoon Mi-hyang, who led the comfort women victim movement, was investigated by the prosecution until dawn, and President Moon repeatedly emphasized the transparency of these related movements as if conscious of the controversy.

Let’s listen to the comments together.

[President Moon Jae-in: (Grandmothers) wanted a variety of citizens to participate with openness and transparency. I will take my grandmother's words deeply.] For

today's event, Grandma Lee Yong-soo, a comfort woman victim, also attended, and this grandmother stole tears while listening to the song Arirang, a song containing the voice of the late grandmother Kim Hak-soon.

After the ceremony, the grandmother met with reporters and said that we should abolish the demand rallies and change the way we exercise.

'Archive 814', a digital data repository containing data on comfort women scattered in Japan and abroad, also opened today.

(Video coverage: Gong Jin-gu, video editing: Kim Seon-tak)