소녀상, 베를리너의 일상속으로…獨공공장소 첫 설립<br /><br />Berlin, Germany has installed a new statue memorializing the Korean women and girls who were sexually enslaved by Japan during World War Two.<br />This is the third statue in Germany of the so-called "comfort women," but it's the first one set up in a public place.<br />The statue can be found at the intersection of Birkenstrasse and Bremerstrasse, which is near lots of cafes and restaurants and gets a lot of foot traffic.<br />The local Korean civic group that went through the difficult process of getting approval... emphasized that the sexual slavery issue is one that affects women and girls around the world.<br />And because the Japanese government would oppose setting up the statue, the approval process from the start had to be done with a priority on security.<br />
