South Korea to unveil monument for “#comfort_women” next Tues
The South Korean government will hold a ceremony next Tuesday to unveil a monument for “comfort women” who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels, the country’s gender equality minister said Wednesday.
Gender Equality and Family Minister Chung Hyun Back also said at an event in Seoul that the government will open a research institute later this week tasked with collecting scattered data and materials about the women.
The comfort women issue has been a source of diplomatic tension between South Korea and Japan, with Tokyo particularly sensitive to the erection of statues commemorating the women near Japanese diplomatic missions in South Korea.
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