The statue symbolizes Korean women forced to sexually service Japanese troops during the war
Japanese officials have formally asked the South Korean government to remove a statue erected by activists in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, according to the Korea Times.
The statue depicts a young Korean girl, symbolic of the thousands of Korean so-called “comfort women” forced to sexually service Japanese troops during the war. The issue continues to cause tension between the two countries, with many Koreans feeling that Japan has not adequately compensated the women for their ordeal, and Tokyo responding that such matters were settled under a bilateral treaty of 1965.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also reportedly brought up the statue with South Korean President Park Geun-hye during recent talks aimed at resolving the tensions once and for all.
Seoul says it is up to the activists to take down the statue. “Whether to remove the statue or not is not up to the Korean government,” a South Korean official told the Times on condition of anonymity. “That cannot be settled in governmental talks.”
Less than 50 onetime comfort women remain alive.
Picture of the threatening status.
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The Japanese can go fuck themselves. You don't want to be reminded of the atrocities you commited, don't commit them. You were the Bad Guys in WW2 as much as we were. Germany learned to admit to and live with it. You might want to try that idea.
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Guys, guys, we can compromise. Instead of taking down the statue, we can replace it with a different statue! One that has nothing to do with comfort women! Everyone will be happy with this arrangement, the Koreans get to give a message to the Japanese, the Japanese get to not look at inoffensive bronze women. As to what the replacement statues would be, i humbly suggest the following.
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Pretty tame statue as atrocity reminders go. Even if it were unfair, which it is not, Japan has no standing here to throw a fit. Their objection is overruled.
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