A statue honoring the victims of Japan’s wartime sex slavery has been erected in Sydney, Australia.
 
It is the fourth monument of its kind to be built overseas, following two in the U.S. and one in Canada. But it is the first to be established outside North America.
 
The unveiling ceremony was held at a Korean community center in Sydney on Saturday with about 250 people in attendance, including elderly Korean sex slavery victim Kil Won-ok, head of the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan Yoon Mee-hyang and Seongnam City Mayor Lee Jae-myung.

In a speech, Kil expressed her appreciation for the establishment of the statue. She also said that the monument will allow Australian people to learn about the historical truth and asked for more efforts be exerted to make the Japanese government acknowledge its responsibility.

Australian representatives included Linda Burney, the first Aboriginal woman to serve in the House of Representatives and a daughter of Jan Ruff O'Herne, a Dutch-Australian victim of Japan’s wartime sex slavery, among others.