A statue of a Korean girl, a symbol of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, will be erected in Washington D.C.
 
The committee advocating the installation of the statue in Washington said it will hold a ceremony to welcome the statue at the National Sylvan Theater within the National Mall in Washington D.C. on Saturday.
 
The statue was made in South Korea and sent to the U.S. last month. At 200-centimeters wide and 160-centimeters long it is the same size as the original statue of a girl standing in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul.
 
Head of the Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, Yoon Mee-hyang, said Washington D.C. has a symbolic significance as the U.S. capital and the home to the U.S. Congress, which passed a resolution denouncing Japan’s wartime sexual slavery.
 
She expressed hope that the U.S. city will find a permanent place for the statue so it may serve to educate Americans, teaching them the value of peace and human rights.