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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but there are no words for the photos that
were on display in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul this Wednesday.
The photo exhibition shows the brutality and inhumanity carried out by Japanese forces
during the early 20th century throughout Korea and China.
As our Ji Myung-kil reports,... the exhibition aims to remind people... that the past will
not be forgotten. No colors, no words----just black-and-white photos that show the horrific
scenes from Japan's past invasions of Korea and China.
Ruling Saenuri Party lawmaker Kim Eul-*** hosted a photo event Wednesday,... as a protest
against Japan's unapologetic attitude towards its past wrongdoings.
"We decided to hold this photo exhibition to let the world know about the atrocities
Japan committed during World War II. We must never forget the cruelty and pain that our
ancestors had to endure due to the Japanese imperialists."
The images are startling. Japanese soldiers mass murdering innnocent
civilians during the Nanjing Massacre in China, simply to learn how it feels to kill on the
battlefields. Women who were ***, brutally tortured, and
eventually killed with sword bayonets. Japanese scientists conducting surgical procedures
without anesthesia on prisoners of war after infecting them with various diseases.
"The photos depict the atrocities that were committed by Japanese soldiers during World
War II. This exhibition will be recorded and uploaded onto YouTube in 10 different languages."
On the other side of the street,... two former Korean comfort women rallied along with their
supporters to demand that the Japanese government apologize for victimizing them and tens of
thousands of others.
"It's really agonizing. We've been holding this rally every Wednesday for 20 years...
and still, the Japanese government hasn't made an apology or provided compensation.
They think everything will be solved if they keep quiet."
Historians say up to 2-hundred thousand women... mostly from Korea but also from China, Indonesia,
the Philippines and Taiwan, were forced to serve as sex slaves in Japanese army brothels
during the Second World War. Despite mounting evidence, a minority of right-wing
Japanese citizens insist the state and military were not responsible, and claim the women
were common prostitutes. Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News.