Authorities in the German capital of Berlin have put the issue of demolition of the'Peace Girl' on hold.
According to a report by Seoul Economic Daily on the 13th, mayor Stefan von Dassell of Berlin's Mitte district suddenly appeared at the'withdrawal of the demolition order' held in front of the Mite district office. "Let's discuss a harmonious solution," he said.
In addition, the mayor of Dassen said, “I learned the history related to the girl statue for a few days,” and said, “The citizen participation was impressive.”
Mayor Dassen explained that he was under pressure from the German federal government, not the Japanese government, to demolish the girl statue.
It was under tremendous pressure from the German federal government and the Berlin state government.
However, he added, "As a district office, our mission is to ensure that peaceful coexistence takes place," he added. "Let's find a way to revive peace."
Meanwhile, the'Peace Girl' is the third girl's statue installed in Germany and the first girl's statue installed in a public place.
Mitegu, where the girl statue is installed, approved the installation in July last year, acknowledging that the girl statue honoring the victims of Japanese military comfort women is an international issue of the human rights of women victims of war.
However, after the unveiling ceremony at the end of last month, as the backlash from the Japanese side became fierce, on the 7th, an official letter was sent to the Korea Verband, a local Korean-related civic group that supervised the installation of the girl statue by the 14th.
Local civic groups and citizens strongly opposed this, and it seems that they changed their position.
[News Inside reporter Kim Hee-sun news@newsinside.kr]
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