The southern South Korean port of Busan said Friday it would allow activists to place a statue symbolising victims of Japanese wartime sex slavery outside the city’s Japanese consulate. The municipal ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on South Korea to remove a statue of a “comfort woman” which has reignited a diplomatic row over Tokyo’s wartime sex slavery. Tensions spiked on Friday ...

An American YouTuber who caused outrage for filming himself kissing a statue commemorating Korean wartime sex slaves has been sentenced to six months in prison, a court in Seoul said on April 15.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Former South Korean "comfort woman" Lee Yong-soo holds the hand of a statue symbolising "comfort women" at the Seoul ...

A statue of a seated girl symbolizing "comfort women," who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, stands in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, December 28, 2025.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is recalling its ambassador to South Korea in response to the placing of a comfort-woman statue in front of its consulate in the Korean city of Busan. Both Ambassador Yasumasa ...

The monument has stood in San Francisco for a year. It depicts young women from Korea, China and the Philippines standing on a pedestal holding hands, while a statue of Kim Hak-sun, a Korean activist, ...