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A special exhibition was held in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Wednesday...
to raise awareness of Japan's wartime atrocities. Our Ji Myung-kil was there and filed this
report. 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.