민주, 위안부 피해자 사진전시회 개최…"日 만행 용인할 수 없어"
A special photo exhibition opened at parliament today.
Evidence of Japan's wartime atrocities were displayed, to remind Tokyo to stop denying the past.
Kim Mok-yeon takes us there.
The ruling Democratic Party's Special Committee on the Japanese Economic Aggression opened a photo exhibition on Wednesday... depicting Japan's past wartime atrocities.
Japan denies it, but South Korea says Tokyo's latest economic restrictions are an act of retaliation for decisions last year by the Supreme Court in Seoul holding Japanese companies liable for wartime forced labor.
In remarks opening the exhibition, Democratic Party chairman Lee Hae-chan condemned the Japanese government's latest measures, and said the Abe administration is once again denying the past.
"The forced labor and comfort women issues are more than a row between Seoul and Tokyo. It is about Japan's understanding of humanity and of universal human rights. Japanese politicians in the past had a sense of conscience, but the Abe administration is denying the past and infringing on freedom of expression."
The three-day exhibition, features an array of old photos and vivid interviews donated by the so-called comfort women and the victims of forced labor under Japan during World War 2.
Visitors attached chrysanthemums to the photos as a symbol to honor the victims ahead of the national memorial day for the comfort women, which falls on August 14th.
Organizers say they hope the exhibition could remind the public of the pains of the past, as well as to help understand and heal the wounds of the Korean victims."
Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News.
