A piece critical of the Japanese Embassy's intervention in a local decision to deny a memorial for comfort women, arguing that foreign diplomatic pressure undermines democratic processes and public space for cultural expression.
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Now, a statue which was planned for a Korean garden in Auckland has been stopped. The statue is a memorial honouring women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during World War II, South Korean women obviously, and it was gifted to New Zealand by a Korean NGO, but the embassy, the Japanese embassy, objected to it and so the local board has just killed the idea today. Trish Deans is the Devonport Takapuna local board chair and is with us. Hi Trish. What is the reason for you guys having killed off the statue idea?
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