[Photo] 1-year anniversary of comfort women memorial in San Francisco

An event to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the comfort women memorial statue in San Francisco’s Saint Mary’s Square was held on Sept. 24. The event was attended by San Francisco residents and members of the local Korean-American community. Also in attendance were Japanese citizens from Osaka, who expressed their support and intentions of solidarity in the fight for a formal apology and reparations for sexual slavery conducted by the Japanese military. (photos provided by the Korean American Forum of California)