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 ...

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 21: The statue of a girl symbolizing 'comfort women' is seen in front of the Japanese consulate-general on February 21, 2017 in Busan, South Korea.

Comfort women statue miniatures are displayed to mark the 5th International Memorial Day for Comfort Women in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. South Korea and Japan have had a rocky ...

South Korean women who were forced to work as sex slaves by the Japanese army during World War Two have sparked a diplomatic tussle by unveiling a statue outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul.

Japan recalls diplomats, halts talks with South Korea over 'comfort women' statue The statue was placed in front of the Japanese consulate in Busan, South Korea, by activists who say a 2015 ...

Glendale Statue Remembers Korean “Comfort Women” in WWII ... South Korea, pictured below surrounded by South Korean Vietnam War veterans during a rally at the embassy in May.

statue of a girl symbolizing the issue of 'comfort women' in front of the Japanese Embassy on December 28, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images ...

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 ...

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 ...