“There are many statues of the little girl (representing comfort women), but I wanted to create ... on Japan-South Korea relations.” A South Korean official involved in foreign diplomacy ...

The statue symbolizing a Korean "comfort woman" in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul is expected to remain the main impediment for improving relations between Korea and Japan, despite a ...

The Korean government seemingly failed to ... The ministry has been working on collecting data on the statues honoring "comfort women" — a euphemism wartime sexual slavery victims — after ...

She also expressed bewilderment at the South Korean government ... helped her bring the Statue of Peace to Italy. “She knew about the Japanese military ‘comfort women’ issue before going ...

The statue, which commemorates the "comfort women" of World War II, has embroiled the local government in a minor diplomatic controversy. After nearly a decade of legal battles, Park was acquitted ...

Soon thereafter, a spokeswoman from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was “extremely regrettable” that comfort women statues had ... Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park ...