search

Settings

ⓕ font-size

  • -2
  • -1
  • 0
  • +1
  • +2

Copyright@KoreaTimes.co.kr All rights reserved

National 2019-09-04 17:23

Anti-Japan protest continues [PHOTOS]

  • Facebook share button
  • Twitter share button
  • Kakao share button
  • Mail share button
  • Link share button
Amid lingering Seoul-Tokyo tension over trade, security and history, Koreans gathered in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul's Jongno District Wednesday to show their support for the Korean victims of sex slavery by the Japanese imperial army during World War II. The weekly street demonstration, urging the Japanese government to issue a fresh apology to the surviving victims and ways to compensate them, has notched its 1,403rd occasion. A bronze statue of a
Amid lingering Seoul-Tokyo tension over trade, security and history, Koreans gathered in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul's Jongno District Wednesday to show their support for the Korean victims of sex slavery by the Japanese imperial army during World War II. The weekly street demonstration, urging the Japanese government to issue a fresh apology to the surviving victims and ways to compensate them, has notched its 1,403rd occasion. A bronze statue of a "comfort woman," which symbolizes the victims, is surrounded by the day's protesters in a downpour. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

One of the protesters in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul holds a placard that reads:
One of the protesters in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul holds a placard that reads: "The girls' liberation hasn't arrived yet." Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Another protester holds a placard that reads:
Another protester holds a placard that reads: "We have spent the 1,403rd Wednesday. How much longer should we wait?" Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Ko Dong-hwan aoshima11@koreatimes.co.kr


X
CLOSE

Top 10 Stories

go top LETTER

Copyright@KoreaTimes.co.kr All rights reserved