Students gather near a "comfort woman" statue during a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea for a weekly "Wednesday demonstration" on January 11, 2017. Lee Jin-man/AP ...

'Comfort Woman' Memorial Statues, A Thorn In Japan's Side, Now Sit On Korean Buses : Parallels Statues symbolizing the World War II sex slaves abused by Japanese soldiers have appeared this year ...

Comfort women statue miniatures are displayed to mark the 5th International Memorial Day for Comfort Women in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. South Korea and Japan have had a rocky ...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 14: A Comfort Woman statue installed in a bus ahead of the 72nd Independence Day on August 14, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea.

The idea is catching – Korean-Americans have set up comfort woman statues and plaques across the Hudson River from Manhattan in Fort Lee and Palisades Park, New Jersey, and also in Glendale ...

The statue in front of the Japanese Consulate, commemorating the plight of Korean women forced by the Japanese to work as sex slaves during World War II, has prompted Japan to withdraw its ambassador.

But the issue of “comfort women” still remains a divisive one between Japan and South Korea—and now, reports Choe Sang-Hun for The New York Times, those tensions have once again flared at ...

Students gather near a "comfort woman" statue during a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea for a weekly "Wednesday demonstration" on January 11, 2017. Lee Jin-man/AP ...

The statue in front of the Japanese Consulate, commemorating the plight of Korean women forced by the Japanese to work as sex slaves during World War II, has prompted Japan to withdraw its ambassador.