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A press conference was held outside the German Embassy in Seoul to condemn recent remarks by the mayor of Berlin suggesting that a statue commemorating victims of wartime sexual violence be removed
The original location in front of the Statue of Peace, a memorial to victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese military, was preemptively registered for a counter-protest by a far-right group
Without our research, we would not have known of the role North Korea played in pushing the sex slavery controversy. In time, academic freedom may lead to the thwarting of Pyongyang’s designs.