The Statue of Peace (Korean: 평화의 소녀상; RR: Pyeonghwaui sonyeosang; Japanese: 平和の少女像, Heiwano shōjo-zō), often shortened to Sonyeosang in Korean or Shōjo-zō in Japanese (literally "statue of girl") [1] and sometimes called the Comfort Woman Statue (慰安婦像, Ianfu-zō), [2] is a symbol of the victims of sexual ...

Feb 5, 2017 · The memorial stone plan was replaced by a “statue of peace,” the first of which was erected opposite the Seoul embassy, staring at its doors.

The Statue of Peace in Seoul, South Korea, is among the most iconic and contested statues dedicated to ‘comfort women’, a euphemism for women who were sexually exploited by the Japanese military during the Second World War.

The Statue of Peace, Sonyeosang in Korean and Shōjo-zō in Japanese, also known as the Comfort Woman Statue, stands in Seoul facing the Japanese embassy waiting for an official apology and recognition for the crimes that happened to them during WW2.

Nov 13, 2017 · Tensions related to that occupation still simmer — even 70 years after South Korea was liberated. Things flared up again this year over a statue of a young girl known as the "Peace Statue."...

Apr 20, 2022 · The statue of peace: the painful past of Japanese sexual violence in Korea If you go to Seoul, you might see a lonely statue of a girl with butterfly wings. Cleo has learnt how this statue serves as a valuable reminder of a traumatic episode of Korean history which continues to affect relations between South Korea and Japan to this very day.

Aug 31, 2023 · These matching five-foot bronze monuments are called the " Statue o f Peace." They symbolize Korean women who were allegedly abducted and sexually enslaved by the Japanese military as "comfort women" during the Pacific War. Their image seems serene.

Dec 14, 2020 · The Statue of Peace serves as a memorial to young Korean women who became victims of the Japanese wartime military prostitution system. The physical placement of the Statue is Seoul opposite the Japanese embassy was highly symbolic of …

Jun 22, 2021 · For the creators of the statue and South Korean activists, the memorial is a symbol for peace; after all, it is the Statue of Peace. For the Japanese government, the sculpture signifies the very opposite of peace: conflict, friction, and embarrassment.

This statue represents the ‘comfort women’ who were used by the Japanese during war time. As it is near the Japanese embassy it caused quite an outcry.