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![University students tie themselves to a statue symbolizing ’comfort women“ victims in front of the old Japanese Embassy in central Seoul Wednesday and stage a sit-in protest after the organizers of weekly rallies to resolve the issue of Japanese wartime sexual slavery lost their usual turf to a conservative group. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11067097.jpg?imageId=11067097&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)