A statue commemorating so-called comfort women during World War II is displayed in a residential area of Berlin in October 2020. (Markus Schreiber / Associated Press) On a quiet street corner in ...

Why the bronze figure of a girl in Germany is infuriating the Japanese government. In Berlin, a “Statue of Peace” has angered Japanese officials. It commemorates over 200,000 girls and women from 14 ...

The statue, which commemorates the “comfort women” of World War II, has embroiled the local government in a minor diplomatic controversy. The Friedensstatue, or Statue of Peace in Berlin, Germany, ...

A court in Germany has ordered the removal of a statue of a girl symbolizing those referred to as wartime comfort women in the capital, Berlin. The statue was installed by a pro-South Korea civic ...

This file photo shows a statue in Berlin symbolizing so-called comfort women forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels on Oct. 7, 2025. (Kyodo) BERLIN (Kyodo) -- A South Korean civic group has ...

Ming Gao is affiliated with Australian Catholic University. In April 1941, a group of Japanese invading forces in China gang-raped Zhao Runmei in northern Shanxi province. The soldiers had first ...