Atlanta Comfort Women Memorial Task Force

09/17/2025

We need your help! The Berlin Statue of Peace is Under Threat

Just as the Japanese government did when we sought to erect a comfort women memorial in Atlanta, and which it has continuously done since the 1930s, the Japanese government refuses to acknowledge (and outright denies) the human trafficking and sexual enslavement of hundreds of thousands of women and girls during World War II. And the governments active denial and distortion of history has worked on many individuals and groups.

Case in point: the Statue of Peace in Berlin’s Mitte District is once again facing removal. On September 2025, the district authorities issued an order requiring Korea Verband, the German civic group that installed the statue, to remove it by October 7th or face a fine of €3,000. (Yonhap News) Korea Verband has taken the case to court, filing for the cancellation of the removal order. The case is currently ongoing.

Local Civil Society Response has been strong.
The Berlin community has shown remarkable solidarity. Thousands of local residents have signed petitions calling for the statue to remain permanently at its current location. Civil society voices in Berlin continue to highlight the statue’s role in preserving memory, fostering dialogue, and honoring the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery. 👉 Sign a petition: https://chng.it/C7xDsWYVDd

Sadly, it's no longer hard to believe that even large governments could or would engage in historical revisionism and distortion to achieve a political goal versus speaking truth. Thanks to the United Nations Human Rights bodies for recently demanding that Japan resolve the comfort women issue, for the survivors and various NGOs (including CARE) for their advocacy, and most of all thanks to Phyllis Kim and Comfort Women Action for Redress and Education for sharing the information and call to action above!

Protect the "Comfort Women" Statue of Peace in Berlin

08/31/2024

10/13/2019

안오시면 후회하실거에요! 와주시면 정말 저희에게 큰 힘이 됩니다!! :-)
한국 가곡, 성가, 클래식 명곡을 함께 즐기실 수 있는 올해 가을밤 최고의 무대를 선사하겠습니다!
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09/26/2019

화제와 논란을 불러일으킨 위안부 다큐멘터리 영화 ‘주전장’이 오는 30일(월) 저녁 노스조지아대학에서 무료상영됩니다. 데자키 감독도 참석해 관객들과 질의응답을 가진다고 하네요. 자세한 내용은 클릭~!

최근 위안부를 다룬 다큐멘터리 영화로 논란과 화제의 대상이 된 ‘주전장’이 오는 30일(월) 노스조지아대학에서 상영된다.일제강점기 일본군 위안부를 다룬 다큐멘터리 ‘주전장’은 현재 미주 주요대학에서 순회상영 중에 ....

09/19/2019

“Why, 75 years later, does a small but vocal group of politically influential conservatives still fervently dispute internationally accepted accounts of Japan’s wartime atrocities?” Japanese grad student and documentarian sued in ongoing campaign of denialism.

A documentary concludes that conservatives who deny the sexual enslavement of “comfort women” are “revisionists.” Conservatives interviewed in the film say they were defamed.

08/22/2019

Rest in power Jan Ruff-O’Herne! "Her story of survival is a tribute to her strength and courage, and she will be sorely missed not only here in South Australia, but around the world," SA Attorney-General Vickie Chapman said on Tuesday.

World War II r**e survivor and human rights activist Jan Ruff-O’Herne AO has died at the age of 96.

08/07/2019

Shame on Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s administration for continuing its campaign to revise and erase the memories of the hundreds of thousands of girls and women sexually enslaved in WWII!
“One of the artists, Kim Eun-sang, said the shutdown indicated that Japanese society was “regressing.” “We know Japan as a country that respects arts and culture,” Mr. Kim said in a telephone interview. “We always knew it as an advanced and a civil country in that regard, but as the Abe administration came in, democracy is being compromised and even specific exhibitions are considered something that the government can shut down at its will.””

A political battle between Japan and South Korea has spilled into the art world, with the abrupt closing of an exhibit with a statue symbolizing women forced into sexual slavery.

08/01/2019

한인갈등이 날로 깊어가는 상황인데요, 미국내에서도 친한파 미국인을 일본측으로 돌려놓으려는 일본의 로비가 장난 아닙니다. 대표적인 정치인들을 공략하는 것은 기본이고.. 이젠 아예 한미 친선을 위해 만든 단체에 일본인단체가 끼어들어 공동으로 골프대회를 주최하자고 하네요... 쩝... 자세한 소식은 클릭!

07/01/2019

06/28/2019

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06/22/2019

[영상뉴스] 오페라 리허설 공개!! 백문이 불여일견~! ^^
6월 28일 오후 6시, 애틀랜타 한인회관으로 오세요!!