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Solution to Issue of Sexual Slavery Demanded in S. Korea
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- According to the south Korean MBC, the 1348th Wednesday meeting and world solidarity action were held outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Aug. 15 in demand of the settlement of the issue of the sexual slavery for the Imperial Japanese Army.

Attending there were more than 8,000 persons including students, citizens, sexual victims of various countries and the "south Korean Youth League in Japan" .

A statement was issued there.

The statement said that the solution to the issue of the sexual slavery for the imperial Japanese army is a way for eradicating wartime sexual violence worldwide and ensuring peace.

On the same day, solidarity meetings took place in 43 places of ten countries to disclose and denounce the sexual slavery committed by Japan in the past.

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