Source: Henan Yingxiang.com
Recently, a statue of " Abe kneeling down to apologize" was erected in the Korean Self-Shenzhen Botanical Garden, causing controversy.
According to Japanese media reports, the statue is based on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the prototype, depicting Abe kneeling in front of the comfort woman's statue. According to reports, the Botanical Garden was originally scheduled to hold an unveiling ceremony for the statue on August 11. But the ceremony has been suspended as the Conservative Party continues to criticize this.
According to Japan's TBS TV on the 28th, the South Korean Self-Grown Botanical Garden announced on the 25th of this month that a "Abe Apology statue" built by the park at the foot of Wutai Mountain in Gangwon-do will be opened to the public on August 10th. The statue shows a man about 1.8 meters tall, lowering his head, touching the ground with his hands, and kneeling devoutly. A "girl portrait" symbolizing the problem of comfort women sat in front of him.
report said that the kneeling male statue is based on Shinzo Abe as the prototype and is named "Eternal Atonement", also known as "Abe Apology Image".
It is reported that the Botanical Garden was originally scheduled to hold an unveiling ceremony for the statue on August 11, but because the incident was constantly criticized by the Conservative Party in the country after it was reported by South Korean media, the Botanical Garden decided to temporarily suspend the ceremony.
However, the Korean Botanical Garden denied that the statue had the intention of alluding to Shinzo Abe. Kim Chang-ryeol, the head of the Botanical Garden, admitted on the 27th that the statue was not designed specifically for Japanese leaders and "the statue will not be used for any political purpose."
Jin Changye argued that the male in the sculpture "can represent anyone who must apologize to the girl" and that the person "can be her father or any man you can think of."
According to Japanese media "nifty", the maker of the statue, Wang Qingxian (sound), responded: "The work expresses the way these grandmothers who were comfort women accept the apology as expected. I want to boost the national spirit through this. I hope Japan can apologize sincerely and be reborn as a brand new Japan. I created it based on this."
In addition, Wang Qingxian also explained: "I see the country in the country." The statues of comfort women outside are often criticized or damaged by the outside world. I think it is necessary to materialize the objects that need to be atonement instead of simply expressing their positions. "
Japanese side responds: It will have a decisive impact on the relationship between the two countries
According to TBS, the chief official of Japanese officials Suga Yoshihide responded to #Korea Botanical Garden Riabe kneeling down and apologizing to the statue of apologizing#. He said: "In terms of international etiquette, , if the report is true, it will have a decisive impact on Japan-South Korea relations."
This is not the first time that South Korea has built sculptures related to comfort women
The Japan Times pointed out that South Korea has built many girls' seating statues similar to life-sized, and some statues have even been placed in front of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea. The Japanese government has expressed dissatisfaction with such behavior many times, accusing it of violating the spirit of the bilateral agreement between South Korea and Japan on the comfort women issue in 2015 and demanding it to be demolished.
South Korea and Japan have always had great controversy over the issues related to comfort women. The two countries reached an agreement in 2015, claiming that they had resolved the comfort women’s problem “finally and irreversibly”. However, the South Korean government later decided the agreement was invalid because critics in South Korea believed that the agreement "does not reflect the requirements of comfort women."
After this incident was reported, it also triggered discussions among netizens from Japan and South Korea
Many Japanese netizens expressed anger at this
Some Japanese netizens said that this was an "insulting act against the leaders of a country" and that South Korea should be "initiated sanctions" immediately. Some netizens said this was a "big diplomatic issue" and Japan should punish those who set up the statue. There are also comments that the Japanese have been subjected to too much insult from South Korea.
According to "nifty", some Korean netizens have mixed praises and criticisms about this. Some netizens praised the statue, calling it "the birth of a masterpiece" and "a good idea." Some Korean netizens even believe that the statue "should be set in front of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, not in the botanical garden."
, but other netizens objected.Some netizens believe that this move "will have a negative impact on Japan-South Korea relations", while others criticized that the behavior of setting up statues was "very naive" and "it seemed to mock the real victims"
(Yingxiang.com comprehensive spontaneous combustion news, The Paper, Headline News, Global Network)
