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Korean Comfort women statue in Glendale? It’s been approved amidst, angry letters from some Japanese. Glendale is home to 10,000 Koreans. (LA Times – Korean Statue)
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Korean Comfort women statue in Glendale? It’s been approved amidst, angry letters from some Japanese. Glendale is home to 10,000 Koreans. (LA Times – Korean Statue)
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Photos by Ahn Sehong capture “comfort women” in Korea. Most are poor, broke, and even embarrassed. The ones that photographer Ahn Sehong photographs are still living in China, the place they were sent and subsequently “left” after World War 2. It’s a sad tale that has no resolve. (NY Times – Korean Comfort Women) “Comfort Women” will be on view at the Korea Press Center, 7 Broad Avenue, Palisades Park, N.J., through April 18.
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It’s all alleged right? “In 2012, Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during WWII are still waiting for a heartfelt apology from Japan.” (Asiancorrespondent – Times Square)
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At the end of May, just weeks before his photo exhibition was scheduled to open, Ahn Sehong got a letter from his sponsor telling him that the show was cancelled. The sponsor was Nikon, the venue was their gallery in Shinjuku, and the subject of the exhibition was the documentation of the lives of surviving Korean “Comfort Women”. Now, according to KBS World, a Japanese court has ruled that the show must go on, despite protests from right-wing, nationalist conservatives who wanted the show put to a stop. I’m sure it won’t be the end of the protests, but there’s some justice for Ahn and his life’s work. You can read some of his own words about the women he photographed and why their stories matter here.
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