Police, civic activists clash over statue for forced labor victims in Busan
Social affairsMay 1, 2018
BUSAN -- Police clashed Tuesday with activists who attempted to erect a statue symbolizing Korean victims of forced labor under Japan's colonial rule in front of the Japanese Consulate in the southern city of Busan.Some 100 activists began to move the statue of a gaunt Korean laborer toward the Japanese mission late Monday despite disapproval by the local government.About 500 police officers blocked them some 100 meters from the location and their standoff continued through the night.Early Monda