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The Statue of Peace (Korean: 평화의 소녀상; RR: Pyeonghwaui sonyeosang; Japanese: 平和の少女像, Heiwano shōjo-zō), often shortened to Sonyeosang in Korean or Shōjo-zō in Japanese (literally "statue of girl") [1] and sometimes called the Comfort Woman Statue (慰安婦像, Ianfu-zō), [2] is a symbol of the victims of sexual slavery, known euphemistically as comfort women, by ...
Kim Seo-kyung and Kim Eun-sung are a husband-and-wife team of Korean sculptors. They are best known for the Statue of Peace. [1] The statue was completed in 2011 and placed near the Japanese embassy in Seoul. [2] It was just one of over 20 similar statues designed by the couple, most of which are located in Korea, with at least two in the USA. [1]
The monument was initiated by the "Action Group Comfort Women" of the Korea Verband and was unveiled on September 28, 2020. [1] The statue has sparked a discourse on commemorative cultures among local, state, and diplomatic levels. [2] The bronze statue was designed by the South Korean artist couple Kim Eun-sung (b. 1965) and Kim Seo-kyung. [3]
Pages in category "Statues in South Korea" ... Statue of King Sejong (Gwanghwamun) This page was last edited on 3 May 2020, at 15:37 (UTC). Text is ...
The statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin (Korean: 충무공 이순신 동상) is located at the street Sejongno, Gwanghwamun Plaza, Seoul, South Korea. It is dedicated to the 16th-century Korean war hero, admiral Yi Sun-sin. It is considered one of Seoul's major landmarks and has been called "one of the most important instances of Korean public art ...
One of the sculptures, which weighs nearly 500-600 pounds and stands around 7 feet tall, depicts the late retired U.S. Army Col. Ralph Puckett Jr.
In recent years, the statue has become a symbol of Jeju Island. [3] The first time a dol hareubang souvenir was created was reportedly in 1963, by sculptor Song Jong-Won. Song made a 25 cm (9.8 in) tall replica of a statue at the south gate of Jeju-mok. [10] Tourist goods now widely feature the statues, with miniature to full-sized statues ...
Until 2013, it was a joint venture in Nampo between Pyonghwa Motors of Seoul (South Korea), a company owned by Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, and the North Korean Ryonbong General Corp. The joint venture produced small cars under licence from Fiat and Brilliance China Auto , [ 3 ] a pickup truck and an SUV using complete knock down kits ...