How a memorial to WWII sex slaves ignited a battle in Berlin


By MAX KIM

The Statue of Peace featuring a seated young woman, is decorated with flowers in Berlin on Oct 27, 2020. — AFP

ON a quiet street corner in Berlin’s Mitte district, a bronze statue of a young girl in a traditional Korean dress glitters in the sun.

Her fists are clenched, her expression tense. She is seated but her heels do not touch the ground. A shadow of an elderly woman is carved into the granite below her. Beside her is an empty chair.

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