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One Thousand Wednesdays: Transnational Activism From Seoul To Glendale, Vera Mackie

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Every Wednesday at lunchtime a group of demonstrators gathers in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul.' For over twenty years they have protested against the Japanese military's wartime enforced military prostitution/military sexual slavery system.2 To mark the l,OOOth demonstration in 2011, a statue was erected on this site. (See also Chapter 9 by Seung-kyung Kim and Na-Young Lee in this volume.) The statue depicts a young woman in Korean ethnic dress seated on a chair, facing the Embassy. Beside her is an empty chair, inviting demonstrators to sit beside her in solidarity. Duplicates of the statue have been installed …