Posted on 01/18/2014 12:17:02 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Organizers say a newly dedicated statue in Seoul honoring Korean women forced into sexual slavery during World War II is "an alarm bell" for future generations.
"The Girl Statue for Peace" is outside the Geoje Arts Center, Yonhap news agency reported Friday. The statue in the coastal city 300 miles south of Seoul shows a young woman standing next to an empty chair.
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I knew an old guy who cleaned the air traffic tower. He had been on one of those crews. The Korean supervisor got himself shot. The Japanese assigned who refused the job. They shot him and gave it to the guy I knew. He accepted the job and stick.
A slightly different perspective.
Wow. Yes, the Japanese were brutal, it’s hardly a wonder the Japanese wouldn’t teach this in their schools
And Japanese war vets are lining up to see it.
“On the other hand, the generation that perpetrated this has largely passed away.”
And good riddance to them.
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