‘Comfort woman’ monument in Berlin causes diplomatic row 

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A new monument in Berlin of a Korean “comfort woman” is aggravating a deep rift between Japan and South Korea, with Germany stuck in the middle. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports.

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