‘Comfort Woman’ Statue Reinstated Near Japan Consulate in South Korea - The New York Times
Choe Sang-Hun
SEOUL, South Korea — Bowing to public pressure, an official in South Korea’s city said on Friday that activists could put up a statue representing Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II, a year after the two countries said they had put that emotional issue behind them.
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