Seoul Statue Becomes Focal Point of Dispute With Japan

Tuesday 20th December, 2011

Seoul Statue Becomes Focal Point of Dispute With Japan ??
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SEOUL, South Korea - The unsmiling teenage girl in traditional Korean dress sits in a chair, her feet bare, her hands on her lap, her eyes fixed on the Japanese Embassy across a narrow street in central Seoul.
Within a day, the life-size bronze statue had become the focal point of a simmering diplomatic dispute as President Lee Myung-bak prepared to visit Tokyo this weekend.

The statue, named the Peace Monument, was financed with citizens' donations and installed Wednesday, when five women in their 80s and 90s, who were among thousands forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese military during World War II, protested in front of the embassy, joined by their supporters.
Such protests have been held weekly for almost 20 years.

Kim Jong-un is all but certain to step into the shoes of his father Kim Jong-Il, who passed away on Saturday. Taking charge of a nuclear powered and relatively unstable country, Kim Jong-Il, who is in his 20s, appears to have the support of the North Korean people and the military.

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