Comments from the Japanese consul general in Atlanta about Brookhaven’s “comfort women” memorial – made in a Reporter interview where he denied the women were sexually enslaved — have rekindled an international controversy and drawn criticism from the South Korean government. The memorial, set to be unveiled June 30 in a Brookhaven park, is intended to honor women sexually trafficked by the Japane
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