NEWS BRIEFING JUN-AUG 2021
2021년 9월 17일General comment
Events for the 1500th Wednesday Demonstration on July 14 and International Memorial Day for Japanese Military “Comfort Women” and 30th anniversary of Kim Hak-soon’s public testimony on August 14 were broadly covered. The Japanese Prime Minister Suga announced to step down, and Statue of Peace exhibitions in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto faced backlash and blackmailing from the revisionist right wing groups. While commemorative statue in Hong Kong was removed, Berlin Statue of Peace secured its place for another year, to which the Japanese government immediately reacted.
Key articles
📌 Events
Wednesday demonstration for “comfort women” victims hit 1,500 mark
S.Korea’s few surviving ‘comfort women’ face life’s end as political fight rages on
📌 Follow-up on Court Ruling
Court orders Tokyo to disclose assets in S. Korea after ‘comfort women’ ruling
📌 Debunking right-wing revisionism
[Editorial] “Comfort women” exhibition shouldn’t succumb to violence
📌 Statue of Peace
Japan protests Berlin district ‘comfort women’ statue extension
Second-Generation Korean-German Designer Develops Virtual Statue of Peace Against Japanese Protest