SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The trial of a Japanese right-wing politician accused of defacing a statue honoring World War II comfort women continues to face delays after 13 years, with the defendant failing to appear in court for the 27th time. Suzuki Nobuyuki, 60, was absent from his first scheduled trial at the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A second-generation Korean-German designer has embarked on a joint project with friends to develop a virtual statue of peace by using spare time after work or during weekends, as Japan continues to push for the removal of the Statue of Peace in Berlin, which symbolizes Korean victims of Japan’s [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese right-wing activist indicted by South Korean prosecutors on charges of defaming former Korean sex slavery victims again failed to show up in a Seoul court Friday, resulting in an indefinite postponement of his trial process. The Seoul Central District Court opened a hearing on the case of [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Second-generation Asian immigrants in Germany held a vigil in front of the Statue of Peace in Berlin on Tuesday (local time) to remember the victims of the recent deadly shootings in Atlanta and urge the public to put a stop to hate crimes against Asians. Hosted by local civic [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Elderly women in Berlin are once again stepping up to protect the Statue of Peace. Omas Gegen Rechts, a German civic group, held a rally in front of the Statue of Peace in the German capital on Friday (local time), joined by some 50 senior women and Koreans. The [...]
SEOUL/BERLIN, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic activists based in Germany are planning to apply for an injunction Monday against Berlin city authorities’ removal order for a statue erected in the German capital of a girl symbolizing Korean victims of wartime sexual slavery, informed local sources said. The injunction application will be filed by Korea [...]
SEOUL/TOKYO, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The construction permit for a new Japanese embassy building in central Seoul has been revoked, as Tokyo failed to break ground for four years after winning the permit, municipal officials said Wednesday. Seoul’s Jongno Ward Office said it notified the Japanese Embassy on March 4 of the cancellation of [...]
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid growing support for so-called ‘comfort women’ statues in the U.S., Japanese government officials are allegedly continuing their efforts to thwart the spread of the artwork commemorating the victims of the Second World War. The small city of Brookhaven, a community of around 50,000 residents in the state of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Georgia’s state capital is set to become the first major city in the United States to accommodate a comfort woman statue, a monument representing sex slavery victims of Japan’s colonial rule. Kim Baek-kyu, the former president of the Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta, said Wednesday (local time) that [...]