Over the objections of dozens of Japanese-Americans who crowded City Hall chambers, the Glendale City Council voted Tuesday to install a controversial memorial at Glendale Central Park honoring "comfort women" -- a euphemism for the mostly Korean women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.
Glendale Approves Controversial 'comfort Women' Memorial
By Christina Villacorte, Staff Writer, Los Angeles Daily News
Tue, 07/09/2013 - 6:53pm
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