Jinju City Honors the Noble Meaning of the Day Commemorating Victims of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery

On the 14th, Participated in Patrol Activities of Jinju Peace Memorial Award Guardians on Memorial Day

On the 5th, Jo Gyu-il, mayor of Jinju, and students from Jinju Elementary School are inspecting the Jinju Peace Memorial Award. (Photo by Jinju City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kang Sharon] On the 5th, Jinju City in Gyeongnam announced on the 6th that it participated in the activities of the Japanese Military Comfort Women Memorial Sculpture Guardians (hereinafter referred to as the Guardians), who inspect the Jinju Peace Memorial Statue, in commemoration of the Japanese Military Comfort Women Victims Memorial Day.

On that day, Jinju Mayor Cho Gyu-il joined the Guardians, composed of about 10 members including the Jinju Peace Memorial Project Association for Victims of Japanese Military Forced Sexual Slavery, local residents, and students from Jinju Elementary School, to patrol the Jinju Peace Memorial Statue and maintain the surrounding environment.

A resident who is a member of the Guardians said, “I find it meaningful to be able to honor the victims of the Japanese military comfort women while working as a member of the Jinju Peace Memorial Statue Guardians.”

Ahead of the Memorial Day on the 14th, Mayor Cho Gyu-il, who participated, said, “I hope that through the Jinju Peace Memorial Statue, people will remember the victims, feel the painful history deeply, and develop a correct historical consciousness,” and paid tribute to the noble meaning of the Japanese Military Comfort Women Victims Memorial Day.

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