The Korea Botanic Garden in Pyeongchang ... “A Heartfelt Apology” on July 26. One statue is of a girl sitting on a bench representing women forced to provide sex to wartime Japanese soldiers.

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 group behind the statue, the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual ... "The statue is not intimidating at all. It is a girl sitting quietly there," Kim Seo-kyung, a sculptor ...