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Hidden Toronto: Comfort Woman Statue
BY RICHARD LONGLEY
FEBRUARY 7, 2020 8:00 AM
Toronto bronze to commemorate the suffering of “comfort women” during the Second World War is a replica of the statue placed in protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul in 2011
BY RICHARD LONGLEY
FEBRUARY 7, 2020 8:00 AM
Toronto bronze to commemorate the suffering of “comfort women” during the Second World War is a replica of the statue placed in protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul in 2011
What Pyeonghwaui Sonyeosang, also known as the Comfort Woman Statue.
Where In front of the Korean Canadian Cultural Association Centre, 1133 Leslie.
When Sunday, February 2.
Why To commemorate the suffering of “comfort women.” Toronto’s bronze, which was unveiled in 2016, is a replica of the one created by husband-and-wife team Kim Woo-Sung and Kim Suh-Kyung and placed in protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul in 2011. The bird on the statue’s shoulder represents freedom and peace, which is why the sculpture is sometimes referred to as the Statue of Peace.
Toronto was the third city outside Korea – and the first Canadian city – to erect the monument. Vancouver was originally slated to be the first to unveil the statue, but those plans were cancelled in the face of widespread Japanese community opposition.
Hidden Toronto: Comfort Woman Statue - NOW Magazine
Toronto bronze to commemorate the suffering of comfort women during the Second World War is a replica of the statue placed in protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul in 2011
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