Category: Picture of the Day

Shown is the outdoor signboard of LG Electronics Inc. set up at Riyadh International Airport in Saudi Arabia. LG said on Sept. 19, 2014, the 250-meter-long, 12-meter-wide structure has been approved by the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest outdoor signboard. (Yonhap)

South Korean Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan (R) meets with Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Cairns, Australia, on Sept. 19, 2014, on the sidelines of a G20 finance ministers’ meeting. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, South Korea – Mr. Jin-Ha Hwang, Chairman of the Defense Committee visits CP Tango along with other committee members during Ulchi Freedom Gaurdian 2014. (US Army Photo by Sgt. Russell Youmans) [Via USFK Flickr Page]

YONGSAN, South Korea – The Republic of Korea Minister of Defense The Honorable Han, Min Gu with General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Commander, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States forces Korea, and General Seon Park, Deputy Commander, Combined Forces Command do a pass and review of the United Nations Command Honor Guard during a ceremony on Knight Field.(US Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Harris) [Via USFK Flickr page]

Lawmakers test drive an electric vehicle at the National Assembly in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2014. (Yonhap)

I think this is a perfect example of the lack of seriousness many people who advocate for the comfort women actually have towards this issue.  Is it really appropriate to dress up, have a gala, and then smile and take pictures with a statue like that representing a horrific issue from World War II?  If this girl got heavily criticized for smiling in photo she took while visiting Auschwitz what about these people?  You would think that such a statue would be presented at an appropriate location in a solemn ceremony.  Instead this appears to be another movie and promotion being pushed by the Chinese government to promote nationalism and anti-Japanese sentiment within the population.