Japan halts exhibit of South Korea’s ‘comfort women’ statue

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 03:41:33 +0000

South Korean protesters sit near a statue of a teenage girl symbolizing former "comfort women", who served as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II, during a weekly anti-Japanese demonstration in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul on November 21, 2018. - South Korea on November 21 announced the formal shutdown of a controversial Japanese-funded foundation created to help former wartime sex slaves -- a move that will further sour ties between the neighbours. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

A Japanese exhibition featuring a controversial South Korean artwork depicting a wartime sex slave has been cancelled after threats of violence as bilateral ties between the countries fray.

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Inflatable ‘Tank Man’ in Taiwan marks Tiananmen protests

Credit to Author: rrcadio| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 11:06:12 +0000

Taiwan Art

An artist has erected an inflatable display in Taiwan’s capital to mark an iconic moment in the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.

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