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.

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 ...

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Despite significant opposition, the Glendale City Council has approved a 1,110-pound monument honoring Korean women taken as sex slaves by the Japanese army during World War II.

Glendale Statue Remembers Korean “Comfort Women” in WWII “With this, we hope to bring light to the human trafficking that’s still going on in the world,” said Chang Lee, Glendale ...

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.

Glendale’s planned monument is a replica of a statue that sits in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Surviving comfort women often protest at the monument, which features a ...