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.

If you happen to hop on a bus in South Korea, you might just come across one of these female statues. The statues are meant to pay tribute to "comfort women" -- women in occupied countries who ...

Two new statues placed at the Korea Botanical Garden were meant to memorialize a disturbing chapter in Japanese and South Korean history: The abuse of Korean “comfort women,” who for decades ...

Japan is recalling its ambassador to South Korea, the latest sign that relations between two of the strongest U.S. allies in the Pacific have fallen back into acrimony after a landmark deal in ...

Japan recalled two diplomats from South Korea because leaders in the country allowed a statue representing "comfort women" to be left in front of its consulate.

A statue commemorating Korean "comfort women" is pictured at a Sydney church in Sydney, Australia December 15, 2016. The 1.5-meter statue imported from Korea has been a flashpoint for tensions ...

A statue unveiled Tuesday in Glendale honors the thousands of Korean women who historians say were forced to be sex sales for Japanese soldiers during World War II.

SEOUL -- South Korea's Foreign Ministry has asked municipalities to move a controversial statue symbolizing wartime "comfort women" from outside the Japanese Consulate in Busan, but progress on ...

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.