The group behind the statue, the Korean Council ... struggle by "comfort women" seeking recognition and compensation. "The statue is not intimidating at all. It is a girl sitting quietly there ...

SEOUL--A pair of statues erected in an idyllic botanical garden in South Korea look set to reignite a furor with Japan over the contentious wartime "comfort ... sitting on a bench representing ...

The Korean government ... not specify the number of statues in foreign countries. The ministry has been working on collecting data on the statues honoring "comfort women" — a euphemism wartime ...

A South Korean court has found a university professor guilty of defamation for questioning accepted views on so-called comfort women ... earlier this year over a statue commemorating the issue.