The Statue of Peace often shortened to Sonyeosang in Korean or Shōjo-zō in Japanese (literally "statue of girl") and sometimes called the Comfort Woman Statue (慰安婦像, Ianfu-zō), is a symbol of the victims of sexual slavery, known euphemistically as comfort women, by the Japanese military during World War II (specifically, the period from the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War until the end of the Pacific War).
The Statue of Peace was first erected in Seoul to urge the Japanese government to apologize to and honor the victims. A quiet and gentle reminder about the evils of sexual slavery and their forgotten struggle for recognition.
