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Sculptor Couple Slam Japan for Trying to Distort History of War Crimes

SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean artist couple, who has built about 100 “comfort women” statues worldwide in memory of Korean victims of Japanese military wartime sexual slavery, condemned Tokyo on Wednesday for attempting to reverse history through the distortion of memory. Sculptors Kim Eun-sung and Kim Seo-kyung said Japan has not [...]

Sculptor Couple to Erect Statue of Wartime Korean Laborer in Japan

SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean sculptor couple, who created the symbolic statue of Japanese wartime sexual enslavement victims, said on Sunday that their next project is a statue representing Korean laborers who were forced to work for Japan under its 1910-45 colonial rule. Kim Seo-kyung and her husband Kim Woon-sung said [...]